Norfolk Theft

Norfolk · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Norfolk police open data recorded 2,651 theft incidents, 14.6% of all 18,212 incidents reported in the city that year and down 10.0% from 2024. That is about 1,147 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,637 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 3,765 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in Norfolk by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)3,765——
20252,6511,147down 10.0%
20242,9441,274up 8.0%
20232,7261,180down 10.8%
20223,0551,322—
2021 (partial year)672——

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 15,813 theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most theft (2025)

  1. Downtown Norfolk Civic League 117 incidents
  2. Janaf 87 incidents
  3. Roosevelt Area 72 incidents
  4. Fairmont Park 64 incidents
  5. Lake Whitehurst West 54 incidents
  6. East Ocean View 51 incidents
  7. Oakdale Farms/ Denby Park 50 incidents
  8. Crossroads 50 incidents

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

Questions

How many theft incidents were reported in Norfolk in 2025?

2,651, according to Norfolk Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in Norfolk?

Reported theft was down 10.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 13.2% 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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