Virginia Beach, VA Violent Crime Rates and Maps

D+

Violent Crime Grade	C+
Property Crime Grade	D+
Other Crime Grade	D+

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$611.2 million

Cost of Crime™ for Virginia Beach, VA

In 2025, violent crime will cost $841 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of the Virginia Beach area with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The C+ grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in the Virginia Beach area against the average US city, where the rate is about the same as the norm. Virginia Beach sits in the 49th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 49% of cities and behind 51%. The grade covers only the Virginia Beach area's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in the Virginia Beach area is 2.964 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 250 in the south neighborhoods to 1 in 480 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northwest parts of Virginia Beach, VA report the most violent crime, about 1,398 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 14 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Virginia Beach, VA

The tangible cost of violent crime in Virginia Beach is projected at $611,212,241 for 2025, about $330 per resident and $841 per household. That equals 0.8% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 37.7%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 49.3%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.9%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Virginia Beach Compared to Other Cities?

Virginia Beach, VA:	$330
Enfield, NC:	$1060
Wrightsville Beach, NC:	$113
Virginia:	$297
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $330 per resident each year in Virginia Beach, which is $72 more than the national average and $33 more than Virginia's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Virginia Beach:

In Enfield, NC, crime costs $1,060 per person, which is $730 more than in Virginia Beach.
In Wrightsville Beach, NC, crime costs $113 per person, which is $218 less than in Virginia Beach

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Virginia Beach, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Virginia Beach	Cost per Virginia Beach Resident
Murder	$424.5 million	$229
Rape/Sexual Assault	$64.1 million	$35
Robbery	$22.5 million	$12
Assault	$100.1 million	$54
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$611,212,241	$330

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Virginia Beach, VA

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Virginia Beach totals $3,150,626,256 ($1,703 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $3,761,838,498 ($2,033 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Virginia Beach, VA, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the northwest part of the city has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Virginia Beach Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Virginia Beach residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	1.884
Robbery	0.3869
Rape	0.5712
Murder	0.1221
Total Violent Crime	2.964 (C+)

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Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in the Virginia Beach area is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to the Virginia Beach area.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Norfolk, VA	D	C-	D-
Chesapeake, VA	C	C+	C-
Portsmouth, VA	D-	D	F
Suffolk, VA	C-	C	C-
Carrollton, VA	B	A-	B-
Longview, VA	C	C+	D+
Everets, VA	C-	C+	D
Smithfield, VA	B-	C+	B-
Isle of Wight, VA	C	C+	C-
Orbit, VA	B+	B	B+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Virginia Beach is lower versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Jacksonville, FL	A-	B-	B-
Oklahoma City, OK	D	D	D
Providence, RI	B-	B	B
Raleigh, NC	C-	C+	C+
Memphis, TN	F	F	F
Richmond, VA	D+	C+	C+
Louisville, KY	C-	C+	C+
Milwaukee, WI	D+	D	D
New Orleans, LA	D-	D-	D-
Salt Lake City, UT	D-	C	C

Considering only the violent crime rate, the Virginia Beach area is safer than the Virginia state average and safer than the national average.

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