Virginia Beach Shooting

Virginia Beach · Shooting · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Virginia Beach police open data recorded 8 shooting incidents, 0.0% of all 28,130 incidents reported in the city that year. So far in 2026, 7 shooting incidents have been published.

Shooting in Virginia Beach by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)7——
20258——
202414——
202316——
202220—down 20.0%
202125——
2020 (partial year)———

— : the police feed published no shooting 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: 90 shooting incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most shooting (2025)

  1. Oceanfront - 31st St South 1 incident
  2. Chimney Hill 1 incident
  3. Woodhaven in Level Green 1 incident
  4. The Lakes 1 incident
  5. Lexington Commons in Green Run 1 incident
  6. Bellwood Estates 1 incident
  7. Kempsville Crossing 1 incident

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

Questions

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

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

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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