The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Hopewell, VA
Hopewell is a city of 29,400 in Hopewell City, about 19 miles southeast of downtown Richmond · Updated November 2026
Is Hopewell, VA safe?
Crime in Hopewell is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 80% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Hopewell. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B+ against C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Hopewell run from A+ to F, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 546 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
20% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hopewell as a whole, and 80% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hopewell scores 546.
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 Hopewell, VA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hopewell, 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 Hopewell
Burglaries are less common than in most B-graded cities. Hopewell has 1.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 2.7.
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Hopewell, 59% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Hopewell
Safety changes a lot from one part of Hopewell to the next: 44% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 35% live in areas graded D or F. Grades across Hopewell run from A+ to F; 18% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
44%21%35%
A or B 44%C 21%D or F 35%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Hopewell, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Hopewell?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Hopewell is up 14%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.3 to 3.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 21 to 20 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 15%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
HopewellUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Hopewell. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hopewell
Violent, US
Property, Hopewell
Property, US
2016
+37%
+4%
+34%
+15%
2017
+4%
+4%
+24%
+12%
2018
+31%
+0%
+15%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+7%
+4%
-7%
-8%
2021
-2%
+6%
-14%
-10%
2022
+66%
+5%
-6%
-6%
2023
+12%
+2%
-17%
-7%
2024
+14%
-4%
-5%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hopewell
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hopewell has about 45 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 20% more than the US as a whole and 30% more than 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Hopewell, about 45% 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 Hopewell
Hopewell has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Hopewell, 79% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 48% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (79%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (59%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Theft from cars
Homes (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (58%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (59%)
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 Hopewell compares with nearby cities
Hopewell has more crime than 5 of its 6 nearest cities. Kenwood and Enon have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Hopewell apart: it has 6.6 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 27 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Hopewell: F (3 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 83% of US city residents
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. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 53% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.8.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 77% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 76% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.27 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 75% of US city residents
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 Hopewell
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Hopewell about $1,946 a year per household, 61% 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 $93 million a year, or $3,156 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$9.5 million
$322
Rape
$470,000
$16
Robbery
$200,000
$7
Assault
$6.1 million
$209
Burglary
$320,000
$11
Theft
$1.9 million
$63
Vehicle theft
$1.8 million
$61
Arson
$83,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.3 million
$45
Total
$22 million
$738
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 Hopewell 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 Hopewell, VA average a SchoolGrade of F: 58% of students test proficient, against 32% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Hopewell on SchoolGrade
