Newport News Crime Map

Virginia · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12

Latest 24h	5 incidents (2026-11-11)
2026 YTD	4,580 incidents through October
2025 (full year)	6,476 incidents
Full archive	41,591 incidents (2020–2026)
Per 100K / year	3,538

Source: Newport News Police Department open data.

About crime in Newport News

Latest mapped day. Newport News recorded 5 incidents on 2026-11-11. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.

Year-over-year context

Newport News recorded 6,456 incidents in 2024 and 6,476 in 2025, a 0.3% increase. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.

Latest 24h (2026-11-11) category breakdown

Other	3
Theft	2

Across 2020–2026, the current archive contains 41,591 incidents for Newport News. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.

Newport News crime overview

Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data

TL;DR. Newport News recorded 6,476 police-reported incidents in 2025, with Assault the most common category at 2,220 reports. The 2025 total was 0.3% above the 6,456 recorded in 2024. January–October 2026 saw 4,580 incidents, down 16.2% from 5,465 in the same months of 2025. Violent incidents totaled 2,393 in 2025, with a city rate of 3,537.7 reported incidents per 100,000 residents. Data runs through November 2026.

About this data

TheCrimeMaps crime map for Newport News, Virginia, plots police-reported incidents published by the Newport News Police Department. Each point reflects a report in the department's open-data file, with categories ranging from assault and theft to fraud, burglary and vandalism. Data is current through November 2026.

In calendar year 2025, Newport News recorded 6,476 police-reported incidents, including 2,393 violent-category incidents accounting for 37% of the total. The violent total covers assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide in 2025. That equals 3,537.7 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 183,056, and a violent rate of 1,307.3 per 100,000. The figure is a rate of police-reported incidents, not a measure of personal risk. The archive holds 41,591 incidents from 2020 to 2026 combined.

Recent trend

Total reports were essentially flat between two complete calendar years, rising 0.3% from 6,456 in 2024 to 6,476 in 2025. That follows identical totals of 6,456 in both 2023 and 2024, after 5,861 in 2022 and 5,314 in 2021. The 2020 complete-year total was 6,361 incidents. On a same-month basis, January–October 2026 recorded 4,580 incidents, a 16.2% decline from 5,465 in January–October 2025. The 2026 calendar-year count of 4,667 covers 11 months and is partial, so it is not compared with full-year totals.

Category breakdown

Assault led the 2025 breakdown with 2,220 reports, or 34.3% of the 6,476 incidents, followed closely by Other with 2,178 reports, or 33.6%. Theft was third with 854 reports, or 13.2%. Vandalism added 337 reports (5.2%), Fraud added 304 reports (4.7%) and Burglary added 179 reports (2.8%). Other itself includes Other crime (613, 9.5%), Drugs (603, 9.3%), Weapons offenses (423, 6.5%), Impaired & dangerous driving (276, 4.3%) and Threats (263, 4.1%). The six listed categories describe police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, with Assault just ahead of Other at the top. The violent-category total of 2,393 represents assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide in 2025.

What this means

Newport News in 2025 stands out for how closely two categories share the lead: Assault at 2,220 reports (34.3%) and Other at 2,178 reports (33.6%), together making up the largest portions of the 6,476 total while Theft at 854 reports (13.2%) trails distantly. The yearly sequence adds context: 6,361 in 2020, 5,314 in 2021, 5,861 in 2022, then 6,456 in both 2023 and 2024 before 6,476 in 2025, showing a return to 2020 levels after the 2021 dip.

FAQ

How many crimes were reported in Newport News in 2025?
Newport News had 6,476 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That equals 3,537.7 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 183,056 for the city. The figure covers 12 months of data for that complete year.

What was the most common type of crime in Newport News in 2025?
Assault was the most reported category in 2025, with 2,220 incidents, or 34.3% of the 6,476 total. Other was next at 2,178 incidents, or 33.6%, followed by Theft with 854 incidents, or 13.2%. Vandalism, Fraud and Burglary accounted for smaller shares that year.

Did crime go up or down in Newport News compared with the prior year?
Between the two consecutive complete calendar years, reported incidents rose 0.3% from 6,456 in 2024 to 6,476 in 2025. For the more current window, January–October 2026 had 4,580 incidents compared with 5,465 in the same months of 2025, a decrease of 16.2% on a same-months basis.

Which Newport News neighborhoods had the most reports in 2025?
This page summarizes Newport News citywide, with 6,476 incidents in 2025, and does not rank named neighborhoods for that year. Citywide categories for 2025 include Assault with 2,220 incidents and Theft with 854 incidents, which describe the city as a whole.

Where does the Newport News crime data come from?
The figures come from the Newport News Police Department. The 2025 summary reports a violent-category total of 2,393 incidents, covering assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, alongside categories such as Theft with 854 incidents and Burglary with 179 incidents.

How current is the Newport News crime data?
Data are current through November 2026. The headline year, 2025, is a complete calendar year with 12 months of data and 6,476 incidents. The archive holds 41,591 incidents from 2020 through 2026, including the partial year 2026 with 4,667 incidents across 11 months with data.

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