Deerfield Estates is a community of 761 in Chesterfield County, about 11 miles south of downtown Richmond · Updated November 2026
Is Deerfield Estates, VA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Deerfield Estates is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Deerfield Estates sits near the middle: 48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 828 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Deerfield Estates as a whole, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Deerfield Estates scores 828.
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 Deerfield Estates, VA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Deerfield Estates, 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 Deerfield Estates
Simple assault stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 6.0 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents; Deerfield Estates has 36.2.
Theft at about triple the US rate. Deerfield Estates has 43.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Deerfield Estates
CrimeGrade™ estimates Deerfield Estates has about 105 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and about triple the rate for Virginia.
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 makes up about 41% of crime reported in Deerfield Estates. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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.
How Deerfield Estates compares with nearby cities
Deerfield Estates has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Deerfield Estates. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Deerfield Estates has more crime than 99% of them.
Crime costs Deerfield Estates about $2,469 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about double 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 $1.6 million a year, or $2,131 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$69,000
$91
Rape
$44,000
$58
Robbery
$18,000
$23
Assault
$260,000
$343
Burglary
$18,000
$24
Theft
$170,000
$222
Vehicle theft
$39,000
$52
Arson
$2,500
$3
Vandalism
$79,000
$104
Total
$700,000
$920
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 Deerfield Estates 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
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
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 Deerfield Estates, VA average a SchoolGrade of D: 68% of students test proficient, against 51% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Deerfield Estates on SchoolGrade
