Colonial Place Riverview is a neighborhood of 4,380 residents in Norfolk, about 3 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Colonial Place Riverview in Norfolk safe?
Crime in Colonial Place Riverview is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 84% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Colonial Place Riverview. Violent crime grades C+ and property crime C. Norfolk as a whole grades C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Colonial Place Riverview run from B to D-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 457 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
16% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Colonial Place Riverview as a whole, and 84% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Colonial Place Riverview scores 457.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Colonial Place Riverview, Norfolk, VA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Colonial Place Riverview in Norfolk, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Colonial Place Riverview
Theft at more than double the US rate. Colonial Place Riverview has 32.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Colonial Place Riverview
CrimeGrade™ estimates Colonial Place Riverview has about 63 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 68% more than the US as a whole and close to Norfolk as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Colonial Place Riverview, about 52% of everything reported.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Norfolk
The Norfolk Police Department polices Colonial Place Riverview; these figures cover Norfolk as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Norfolk as a whole, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 44% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Colonial Place Riverview compares with nearby neighborhoods
Colonial Place Riverview has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Colonial Place Riverview. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Colonial Place Riverview has more crime than 51% of them.
Empty homes, nightlife and walkability in Colonial Place Riverview
Two things set Colonial Place Riverview apart: it has 1.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 1.6 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet vandalism runs higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 89% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (28 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 61% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.22% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 82% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Colonial Place Riverview
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Colonial Place Riverview about $1,331 a year per household, 10% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $9.7 million a year, or $2,220 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Colonial Place Riverview means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Colonial Place Riverview, Norfolk, VA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 65% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Colonial Place Riverview on SchoolGrade
