Northampton is a neighborhood of 23,100 residents in Hampton, about 5 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Northampton in Hampton safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Northampton has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B- and property crime B. Hampton as a whole grades B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Northampton run from A- to D+, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 623 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Northampton as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Northampton scores 623.
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 Northampton, Hampton, VA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Northampton in Hampton, 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 Northampton
Aggravated assault is a strength. Northampton grades B- for violent crime, but aggravated assault grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 50% of Americans live.
How Northampton compares within Hampton
Low crime is the norm across Northampton: 66% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 6% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Northampton run from A- to D+; every part of Northampton has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
66%28%
A or B 66%C 28%D or F 6%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Northampton has less crime than 7 of the 10 neighborhoods in Hampton. It covers much of the Northampton area and the Magruder and Mercury Central areas.
Is crime going up in Hampton?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Hampton as a whole is down 13%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.9 to 2.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 29 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
HamptonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Hampton. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hampton
Violent, US
Property, Hampton
Property, US
2016
+13%
+4%
+18%
+15%
2017
+6%
+4%
+11%
+12%
2018
-16%
+0%
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-9%
+4%
-17%
-8%
2021
-0%
+6%
-15%
-10%
2022
-4%
+5%
+0%
-6%
2023
+0%
+2%
+4%
-7%
2024
-13%
-4%
-1%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Northampton
CrimeGrade™ estimates Northampton has about 44 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 18% more than the US as a whole and 19% less than Hampton 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 Northampton, about 46% 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 Hampton
The Hampton Police Department polices Northampton; these figures cover Hampton as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Hampton as a whole, 66% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 51% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (66%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (45%)
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 Northampton compares with nearby neighborhoods
Northampton has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Walkability, density and tree cover in Northampton
Two things set Northampton apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (10 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 11% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, yet theft and assault run higher here than that would suggest.
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. 96% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.11% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 90% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.27% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.12 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower 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 Northampton
Crime costs Northampton about $1,147 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as 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 $36 million a year, or $1,541 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 Northampton 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 Northampton, Hampton, VA average a SchoolGrade of D: 67% of students test proficient, against 34% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Northampton on SchoolGrade
