Richmond Fraud
Richmond · Fraud · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Richmond police open data recorded 131 fraud incidents, 2.0% of all 6,394 incidents reported in the city that year and up 44.0% from 2024. That is about 114 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, 149 fraud incidents have been published.
Fraud in Richmond by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 149 | — | — |
| 2025 | 131 | 114 | up 44.0% |
| 2024 | 91 | 78.9 | up 2.2% |
| 2023 | 89 | 77.2 | up 58.9% |
| 2022 | 56 | 48.5 | down 38.5% |
| 2021 | 91 | 78.9 | up 8.3% |
| 2020 | 84 | 72.8 | down 11.6% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 1,227 fraud incidents.
Questions
How many fraud incidents were reported in Richmond in 2025?
131, according to Richmond Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is fraud going up or down in Richmond?
Reported fraud was up 44.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 133.9% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Richmond 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 Richmond
- Richmond other 2,104 in 2025
- Richmond auto theft 857 in 2025
- Richmond theft 824 in 2025
- Richmond assault 722 in 2025
- Richmond vandalism 613 in 2025
- Richmond burglary 606 in 2025
- Richmond theft from vehicle 243 in 2025
- Richmond robbery 216 in 2025
- Richmond sexual assault 71 in 2025
- Richmond homicide 6 in 2025
- Richmond bike theft 1 in 2025