Norfolk Fraud

Norfolk · Fraud · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Norfolk police open data recorded 618 fraud incidents, 3.4% of all 18,212 incidents reported in the city that year and down 8.3% from 2024. That is about 267 per 100,000 residents, compared with 309 per 100,000 across the 58 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 472 fraud incidents have been published.

Fraud in Norfolk by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)472——
2025618267down 8.3%
2024674292down 3.2%
2023696301up 108.4%
2022334145—
2021 (partial year)72——

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 2,866 fraud incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most fraud (2025)

  1. Janaf 54 incidents
  2. Fairmont Park 16 incidents
  3. Glenrock 15 incidents
  4. Downtown Norfolk Civic League 14 incidents
  5. Ballentine Place 14 incidents
  6. Ghent Neighborhood League 13 incidents
  7. Northside 12 incidents
  8. Lake Whitehurst West 12 incidents

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

Questions

How many fraud incidents were reported in Norfolk in 2025?

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

Is fraud going up or down in Norfolk?

Reported fraud was down 8.3% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 85.0% compared with 2022 (rising 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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