Norfolk Crime Map

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

Latest 24h	1 incident (2026-11-10)
2026 YTD	17,358 incidents through October
2025 (full year)	18,212 incidents
Full archive	102,866 incidents (2021–2026)
Per 100K / year	7,880

Source: Norfolk Police Department open data.

About crime in Norfolk

Latest mapped day. Norfolk recorded 1 incident on 2026-11-10. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.

Year-over-year context

Norfolk recorded 18,936 incidents in 2024 and 18,212 in 2025, a 3.8% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.

Latest 24h (2026-11-10) category breakdown

Theft from vehicle

Where incidents were mapped

Downtown Norfolk Civic League: 1

Across 2021–2026, the current archive contains 102,866 incidents for Norfolk. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.

Norfolk crime overview

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

TL;DR. Norfolk recorded 18,212 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. Other was the most reported category with 5,919 incidents, followed by Assault with 3,758 and Theft with 2,651. The 2025 total was down 3.8% from 18,936 in 2024. January–October 2026 totaled 17,358 incidents, up 12.7% from 15,400 in the same months of 2025. Data is current through November 2026. Downtown Norfolk Civic League led neighborhoods with 717 incidents.

About this data

TheCrimeMaps crime map for Norfolk, Virginia, plots police-reported incidents published by the Norfolk Police Department. Each point reflects a report in the department's open-data file, shown by location and category so readers can see how reports were distributed across the city's 118 neighborhoods. Data is current through November 2026, with the archive holding 102,866 incidents from 2021 to 2026. The page focuses on the complete 12 months of 2025.

In 2025, Norfolk recorded 18,212 police-reported incidents. That equals 7,880.4 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 231,105 for the city. Violent-category incidents, defined as assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, totaled 4,163, or 22.9% of the 2025 total.

Recent trend

Reported incidents declined 3.8% between the two consecutive complete calendar years, from 18,936 in 2024 to 18,212 in 2025. That continues a year-by-year decline among complete years in the archive, down from 22,797 in 2022 and 20,033 in 2023. For the current window, January–October 2026 recorded 17,358 incidents, compared with 15,400 in the same months of 2025, an increase of 12.7%. The 2021 count of 5,126 covers only 3 months and the 2026 full-archive count of 17,762 covers 11 months, so neither is compared as an annual total.

Category breakdown

In 2025, Other was the largest grouping with 5,919 incidents, or 32.5% of the total. The source groups many incident types under Other, including impaired and dangerous driving with 2,732 incidents, other crime with 1,406, drugs with 667, weapons offenses with 549, threats with 331 and harassment with 234. Assault ranked second with 3,758 incidents, or 20.6%, followed by Theft in third with 2,651 incidents, or 14.6%. Beyond the top three, theft from vehicle accounted for 2,060 incidents, or 11.3%, vandalism for 1,604, or 8.8%, and auto theft for 638, or 3.5%. The violent-category total for 2025 was 4,163 incidents overall.

Where incidents concentrate

In 2025, Downtown Norfolk Civic League recorded the most incidents among 118 named neighborhoods with 717, or 3.9% of the city total. It was followed by Park Place with 358, or 2%, Fairmont Park with 357, or 2%, Northside with 356, or 2%, and Crossroads with 353, or 1.9%. Bayview, East Ocean View and Ghent Neighborhood League followed closely behind. Neighborhood counts follow where people live, work and visit, with commercial and visitor areas generating more reports, so they are not a risk score for residents.

What this means

Norfolk's 2025 picture centers on 18,212 incidents, with Other at 5,919, or 32.5%, ahead of Assault at 3,758, or 20.6%, and Theft at 2,651, or 14.6%. Theft from vehicle at 2,060, or 11.3%, and Vandalism at 1,604, or 8.8%, add property-related shares, while Auto theft stands at 638, or 3.5%. By neighborhood, Downtown Norfolk Civic League reported 717 incidents, or 3.9%, compared with Park Place at 358, or 2%, and Fairmont Park at 357, or 2%. The complete-year series fell from 22,797 in 2022 to 18,212 in 2025.

FAQ

How many crimes were reported in Norfolk in 2025?
Norfolk had 18,212 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That equals 7,880.4 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 231,105 for the city. The violent total, defined as assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, was 4,163 incidents, or 22.9% of the 2025 total.

What was the most reported crime type in Norfolk in 2025?
Other was the largest category in 2025 with 5,919 incidents, or 32.5% of the total. The source groups several types under Other, including impaired and dangerous driving with 2,732 incidents, other crime with 1,406, drugs with 667, weapons offenses with 549, threats with 331 and harassment with 234. The next largest specific category was assault with 3,758 incidents.

Did reported crime in Norfolk go up or down between 2024 and 2025?
Reported incidents declined between the two consecutive complete calendar years. Norfolk recorded 18,212 incidents in 2025 compared with 18,936 in 2024, a decrease of 3.8%. The archive also shows 22,797 incidents in complete year 2022 and 20,033 in complete year 2023, so 2025 continued the decline from those earlier full-year totals.

Which Norfolk neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in 2025?
Among 118 named neighborhoods ranked by incidents in 2025, Downtown Norfolk Civic League recorded 717 incidents, or 3.9% of the city total. Next were Park Place with 358, Fairmont Park with 357, Northside with 356 and Crossroads with 353. Bayview had 348, East Ocean View had 344 and Ghent Neighborhood League had 323.

Where do these Norfolk numbers come from?
The figures on this page come from the Norfolk Police Department open-data source. The 2025 total of 18,212 incidents and the neighborhood counts for that year are based on those police-reported records. The all-years archive combined contains 102,866 incidents from 2021 through 2026, which provides context for the single-year totals.

How up to date is the Norfolk crime data?
The dataset is current through November 2026. The 2025 figures cover 12 months of data for that complete calendar year. For the current partial year, January–October 2026 recorded 17,358 incidents, compared with 15,400 in the same months in 2025, an increase of 12.7% on a same-months basis.

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