Norfolk Robbery
Norfolk · Robbery · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Norfolk police open data recorded 163 robbery incidents, 0.9% of all 18,212 incidents reported in the city that year and down 10.9% from 2024. That is about 70.5 per 100,000 residents, compared with 136 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 150 robbery incidents have been published.
Robbery in Norfolk by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 150 | — | — |
| 2025 | 163 | 70.5 | down 10.9% |
| 2024 | 183 | 79.2 | down 17.6% |
| 2023 | 222 | 96.1 | down 26.5% |
| 2022 | 302 | 131 | — |
| 2021 (partial year) | 89 | — | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 1,109 robbery incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most robbery (2025)
- Crossroads 9 incidents
- Downtown Norfolk Civic League 7 incidents
- Fairmont Park 7 incidents
- Oakdale Farms/ Denby Park 6 incidents
- Ghent Neighborhood League 4 incidents
- Kensington/ Old Dominion 4 incidents
- Olde Huntersville 4 incidents
- Youngs Terrace 4 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many robbery incidents were reported in Norfolk in 2025?
163, according to Norfolk Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is robbery going up or down in Norfolk?
Reported robbery was down 10.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 46.0% 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
- Norfolk other 5,919 in 2025
- Norfolk assault 3,758 in 2025
- Norfolk theft 2,651 in 2025
- Norfolk theft from vehicle 2,060 in 2025
- Norfolk vandalism 1,604 in 2025
- Norfolk auto theft 638 in 2025
- Norfolk fraud 618 in 2025
- Norfolk burglary 468 in 2025
- Norfolk sexual assault 216 in 2025
- Norfolk bike theft 91 in 2025
- Norfolk homicide 26 in 2025