Norfolk Bike theft

Norfolk · Bike theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Norfolk police open data recorded 91 bike theft incidents, 0.5% of all 18,212 incidents reported in the city that year and down 37.7% from 2024. That is about 39.4 per 100,000 residents, compared with 35.7 per 100,000 across the 12 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 91 bike theft incidents have been published.

Bike theft in Norfolk by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)91——
20259139.4down 37.7%
202414663.2up 5.0%
202313960.1up 27.5%
202210947.2—
2021 (partial year)34——

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 610 bike theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most bike theft (2025)

  1. Downtown Norfolk Civic League 10 incidents
  2. Park Place 6 incidents
  3. Ghent Neighborhood League 5 incidents
  4. East Ocean View 4 incidents
  5. Bayview 4 incidents
  6. Roosevelt Area 3 incidents
  7. Larchmont/ Edgewater 3 incidents
  8. Ballentine Place 2 incidents

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

Questions

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

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

Is bike theft going up or down in Norfolk?

Reported bike theft was down 37.7% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 16.5% 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.

Other crime types in Norfolk

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