Jeff Davis is a neighborhood of 4,100 residents in Richmond, about 5 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Jeff Davis in Richmond safe?
Crime in Jeff Davis is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of F. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 97% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Jeff Davis. Violent crime grades F and property crime D. Richmond as a whole grades C.
F
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
3% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Jeff Davis as a whole, and 97% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Jeff Davis scores 0.
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 Jeff Davis, Richmond, VA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Jeff Davis in Richmond, 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 Jeff Davis
Car thefts are less common than in most F-graded neighborhoods. Jeff Davis has 3.9 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an F-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 9.4.
Thefts run high. Jeff Davis has thefts at more than triple the US rate: 48.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Jeff Davis
CrimeGrade™ estimates Jeff Davis has about 95 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and 51% more than Richmond 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 Jeff Davis, about 51% 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 Richmond
The Richmond Police Department polices Jeff Davis; these figures cover Richmond as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Richmond as a whole, 67% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 44% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (67%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (38%)
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 Jeff Davis compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Jeff Davis, 8 have less crime. Shockoe Bottom and Old Town Manchester have the least.
Tree cover, empty homes and walkability in Jeff Davis
Two things set Jeff Davis apart: it has 13.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 1.2 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.29% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 90% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.13.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 90% 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. 68% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (26 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 63% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 85% 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 Jeff Davis
Crime costs Jeff Davis about $5,408 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, more than triple 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 $31 million a year, or $7,453 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 Jeff Davis 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 Jeff Davis, Richmond, VA average a SchoolGrade of F: 47% of students test proficient, against 21% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Jeff Davis on SchoolGrade
