Norfolk Auto theft

Norfolk · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Norfolk police open data recorded 638 auto theft incidents, 3.5% of all 18,212 incidents reported in the city that year and down 36.8% from 2024. That is about 276 per 100,000 residents, compared with 486 per 100,000 across the 56 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 642 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Norfolk by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)642——
2025638276down 36.8%
20241,010437down 36.4%
20231,588687down 13.7%
20221,840796—
2021 (partial year)369——

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 6,087 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. Downtown Norfolk Civic League 33 incidents
  2. Northside 21 incidents
  3. Bayview 18 incidents
  4. Crown Point 17 incidents
  5. Lake Whitehurst West 16 incidents
  6. East Ocean View 15 incidents
  7. Ghent Neighborhood League 14 incidents
  8. Park Place 13 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many auto theft incidents were reported in Norfolk in 2025?

638, according to Norfolk Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Norfolk?

Reported auto theft was down 36.8% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 65.3% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Norfolk 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.

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