North Central, Virginia Beach, VA Violent Crime Rates and Maps
North Central is a neighborhood of 28,900 residents in Virginia Beach, about 7 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in North Central?
North Central earns an A- for violent crime, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 55% of Americans live. Assaults make up 96% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Virginia Beach as a whole grades A- for violent crime.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 840 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than North Central as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. North Central scores 840.
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.
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 North Central, Virginia Beach, VA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in North Central in Virginia Beach, 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 North Central
Aggravated assault is a strength. North Central grades A- for violent crime, but aggravated assault grades A+, better than in the neighborhoods where 88% of Americans live.
How North Central compares within Virginia Beach
Every part of North Central where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across North Central run from A+ to B.
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Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
North Central has less violent crime than 4 of the 7 neighborhoods in Virginia Beach. It covers much of the North Central area.
Is violent crime going up in Virginia Beach?
Reported violent crime in Virginia Beach as a whole has fallen 28% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.3 to 0.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 24%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Virginia BeachUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Virginia Beach. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Virginia Beach
Violent, US
2016
+20%
+4%
2017
+8%
+4%
2018
-1%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-23%
+4%
2021
-13%
+6%
2022
-25%
+5%
2023
-6%
+2%
2024
-28%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in North Central
CrimeGrade™ estimates North Central has about 12 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 8% less than the US as a whole and close to Virginia Beach 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 North Central, about 96% of the total.
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 Virginia Beach
The Virginia Beach Police Department polices North Central; these figures cover Virginia Beach as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Virginia Beach as a whole, 52% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 41% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Stores and businesses (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (52%)
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 North Central and nearby neighborhoods
North Central has less violent crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from North Central. 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, North Central is safer than 72% of them.
Tree cover, density and walkability in North Central
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set North Central apart: it has tree cover over 36% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and 15% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.36% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 95% 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.15% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 86% 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. 74% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 73% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for North Central: D- (11 of 100).2 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 83% 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 North Central
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs North Central about $17 million a year, or $591 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $4.8 million, or $167 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. North Central is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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
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.
