Norfolk Homicide

Norfolk · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Norfolk police open data recorded 26 homicide incidents, 0.1% of all 18,212 incidents reported in the city that year and down 23.5% from 2024. That is about 11.3 per 100,000 residents, compared with 8.8 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 33 homicide incidents have been published.

Homicide in Norfolk by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)33——
20252611.3down 23.5%
20243414.7down 19.0%
20234218.2down 20.8%
20225322.9—
2021 (partial year)11——

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 199 homicide incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most homicide (2025)

  1. Calvert Square 5 incidents
  2. Youngs Terrace 2 incidents
  3. Beacon Light Berkley 1 incident
  4. Hewitt Farms 1 incident
  5. Wards Corner 1 incident
  6. Kensington/ Old Dominion 1 incident
  7. Shadywood East 1 incident
  8. Suburban Acres 1 incident

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

Questions

How many homicide incidents were reported in Norfolk in 2025?

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

Is homicide going up or down in Norfolk?

Reported homicide was down 23.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 50.9% 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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