Newport News Homicide
Newport News · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Newport News police open data recorded 12 homicide incidents, 0.2% of all 6,476 incidents reported in the city that year. That is about 6.6 per 100,000 residents, compared with 8.8 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 9 homicide incidents have been published.
Homicide in Newport News by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 9 | — | — |
| 2025 | 12 | 6.6 | — |
| 2024 | 8 | 4.4 | — |
| 2023 | 24 | 13.1 | — |
| 2022 | 18 | 9.8 | — |
| 2021 | 21 | 11.5 | — |
| 2020 | 12 | 6.6 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 104 homicide incidents.
Questions
How many homicide incidents were reported in Newport News in 2025?
12, according to Newport News Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Where does this data come from?
Source: Newport News Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Newport News
- Newport News assault 2,220 in 2025
- Newport News other 2,178 in 2025
- Newport News theft 854 in 2025
- Newport News vandalism 337 in 2025
- Newport News fraud 304 in 2025
- Newport News burglary 179 in 2025
- Newport News auto theft 121 in 2025
- Newport News theft from vehicle 110 in 2025
- Newport News robbery 103 in 2025
- Newport News sexual assault 58 in 2025