Norfolk Theft from vehicle
Norfolk · Theft from vehicle · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Norfolk police open data recorded 2,060 theft from vehicle incidents, 11.3% of all 18,212 incidents reported in the city that year and down 16.0% from 2024. That is about 891 per 100,000 residents, compared with 634 per 100,000 across the 46 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 2,164 theft from vehicle incidents have been published.
Theft from vehicle in Norfolk by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 2,164 | — | — |
| 2025 | 2,060 | 891 | down 16.0% |
| 2024 | 2,453 | 1,061 | down 21.5% |
| 2023 | 3,126 | 1,353 | down 40.3% |
| 2022 | 5,237 | 2,266 | — |
| 2021 (partial year) | 942 | — | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 15,982 theft from vehicle incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most theft from vehicle (2025)
- Downtown Norfolk Civic League 129 incidents
- Ghent Neighborhood League 67 incidents
- Northside 55 incidents
- Park Place 53 incidents
- Lake Whitehurst West 45 incidents
- East Ocean View 44 incidents
- Crossroads 44 incidents
- Oakdale Farms/ Denby Park 35 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many theft from vehicle incidents were reported in Norfolk in 2025?
2,060, according to Norfolk Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is theft from vehicle going up or down in Norfolk?
Reported theft from vehicle was down 16.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 60.7% 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 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 robbery 163 in 2025
- Norfolk bike theft 91 in 2025
- Norfolk homicide 26 in 2025