Lindenwood, Norfolk, VA Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Lindenwood is a neighborhood of 2,720 residents in Norfolk, close to downtown · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in Lindenwood?

Violent crime is high in Lindenwood: an F, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 98% of Americans live. Assaults make up 94% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Norfolk as a whole grades C for violent crime.

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Violent crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 0 of 1,000
More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoods What this means

2% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Lindenwood as a whole, and 98% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Lindenwood 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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.

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Overall crimeSafety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoods
D+
Property crimeSafety score 287 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Violent crime map of Lindenwood

Map of Lindenwood shaded by violent crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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F D C B A+
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How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Lindenwood, Norfolk, VA at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lindenwood 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 about violent crime in Lindenwood

Aggravated assaults and simple assaults both run high. In Lindenwood, each runs at about triple the US rate: 8.3 aggravated assaults and 31.6 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 9.7 nationally.


Violent crime rates and types in Lindenwood

CrimeGrade™ estimates Lindenwood has about 43 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and 95% more than Norfolk as a whole.

All violent crime

Assaults

Robbery

Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.

Assault is the most common violent crime in Lindenwood, about 94% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderF20.560.05
RapeB20.560.38
RobberyB-41.50.62
AssaultD-10939.912.3

Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Norfolk

The Norfolk Police Department polices Lindenwood; these figures cover Norfolk as a whole, 2022 to 2024.

In Norfolk as a whole, 53% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 34% of them.

CrimeMost often atBusiest time
RobberyStores and businesses (34%)Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assaultHomes (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.


Violent crime in Lindenwood and nearby neighborhoods

Lindenwood has the most violent crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
LindenwoodF0F2,720
Park Place 1 mileF0F4,260
Ghent Square 1 mileB618B-3,930
Fairmont Park 1 mileF0F4,660
Colonial Place Riverview 1 mileC+487C4,380
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Ghent 1 mileB+757B+4,510
Ballentine Place 1 mileF0F5,380
Central Brambleton 1 mileF0F3,940
Downtown Norfolk 1 mileC+530B-6,430
Highland Park 2 milesC+480C+3,200
Lamberts Point 2 milesB688B+4,440

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Lindenwood. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Lindenwood has more violent crime than 93% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
LindenwoodF0F2,720
Loma Linda, San Jose, CAA860B2,660
West Oakland, Pittsburgh, PAA-774B2,750
Downtown Erie, Erie, PAB+706B2,780
Monroe Ward, Richmond, VAC-333D+2,760
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Cadwalader-Hillcrest, Trenton, NJD+246C-2,650
Carver-Richmond, Richmond, VAD+244D-2,770
River Gardens, Sacramento, CAD-146D2,670
Noralto, Sacramento, CAF0F2,670
Grand Center, St. Louis, MOF0F2,720
Essex, Chicago, ILF0F2,730

Tree cover, jobs and walkability in Lindenwood

Lindenwood looks like a typical neighborhood on the traits that tend to go with violent crime.

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 81% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.56 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 73% 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 assault.B- (52 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 65% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.57% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 53% 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 violent crime costs Lindenwood

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Lindenwood about $25 million a year, or $9,090 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $4.3 million, or $1,583 per resident.

Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year


How CrimeGrade™ works

The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.

It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.

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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
  • The Norfolk Police Department publishes its own crime data

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.

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