Virginia Beach Fraud

Virginia Beach · Fraud · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Virginia Beach police open data recorded 1,226 fraud incidents, 4.4% of all 28,130 incidents reported in the city that year and down 1.5% from 2024. That is about 270 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, 1,089 fraud incidents have been published.

Fraud in Virginia Beach by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)1,089——
20251,226270down 1.5%
20241,245274down 21.0%
20231,575346up 12.3%
20221,403308up 8.3%
20211,295285—
2020 (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: 9,415 fraud incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most fraud (2025)

  1. Oceanfront - 31st St South 76 incidents
  2. Bayside Borough 60 incidents
  3. Hilltop 39 incidents
  4. Pembroke Area 39 incidents
  5. Kempsville Area 33 incidents
  6. Strawbridge Office Park in Strawbridge 22 incidents
  7. Municipal Center 22 incidents
  8. Oceanfront - 31st St North 21 incidents

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

Questions

How many fraud incidents were reported in Virginia Beach in 2025?

1,226, according to Virginia Beach Police Department, Virginia Beach Police Department 911 calls open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is fraud going up or down in Virginia Beach?

Reported fraud was down 1.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 12.6% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Virginia Beach Police Department (78%), Virginia Beach Police Department 911 calls (22%) 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.

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