Virginia Beach Homicide
Virginia Beach · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Virginia Beach police open data recorded 35 homicide incidents, 0.1% of all 28,130 incidents reported in the city that year and up 52.2% from 2024. That is about 7.7 per 100,000 residents, compared with 8.8 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 22 homicide incidents have been published.
Homicide in Virginia Beach by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 22 | — | — |
| 2025 | 35 | 7.7 | up 52.2% |
| 2024 | 23 | 5.1 | down 34.3% |
| 2023 | 35 | 7.7 | up 40.0% |
| 2022 | 25 | 5.5 | up 4.2% |
| 2021 | 24 | 5.3 | — |
| 2020 (partial year) | — | — | — |
— : the police feed published no homicide incidents that year (usually a change in how it labels offenses), so the count is unknown rather than zero.
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 164 homicide incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most homicide (2025)
- Lark Downs 4 incidents
- Kempsville Area 3 incidents
- Oceanfront - 31st St South 2 incidents
- Lynnhaven Area 1 incident
- Rosemont Forest South 1 incident
- Fairfield 1 incident
- Shadowlawn Heights 1 incident
- Thalia Area 1 incident
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many homicide incidents were reported in Virginia Beach in 2025?
35, according to Virginia Beach Police Department, Virginia Beach Police Department 911 calls open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is homicide going up or down in Virginia Beach?
Reported homicide was up 52.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 40.0% compared with 2022 (rising 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.
Other crime types in Virginia Beach
- Virginia Beach other 14,971 in 2025
- Virginia Beach theft 5,396 in 2025
- Virginia Beach assault 4,120 in 2025
- Virginia Beach theft from vehicle 1,283 in 2025
- Virginia Beach fraud 1,226 in 2025
- Virginia Beach auto theft 510 in 2025
- Virginia Beach burglary 286 in 2025
- Virginia Beach robbery 146 in 2025
- Virginia Beach sexual assault 104 in 2025
- Virginia Beach vandalism 45 in 2025
- Virginia Beach shooting 8 in 2025