Newport News Robbery
Newport News · Robbery · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Newport News police open data recorded 103 robbery incidents, 1.6% of all 6,476 incidents reported in the city that year and up 7.3% from 2024. That is about 56.3 per 100,000 residents, compared with 136 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 82 robbery incidents have been published.
Robbery in Newport News by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 82 | — | — |
| 2025 | 103 | 56.3 | up 7.3% |
| 2024 | 96 | 52.4 | down 22.6% |
| 2023 | 124 | 67.7 | up 11.7% |
| 2022 | 111 | 60.6 | up 79.0% |
| 2021 | 62 | 33.9 | up 21.6% |
| 2020 | 51 | 27.9 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 629 robbery incidents.
Questions
How many robbery incidents were reported in Newport News in 2025?
103, according to Newport News Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is robbery going up or down in Newport News?
Reported robbery was up 7.3% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 7.2% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
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 sexual assault 58 in 2025
- Newport News homicide 12 in 2025