Virginia Beach Theft from vehicle
Virginia Beach · Theft from vehicle · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Virginia Beach police open data recorded 1,283 theft from vehicle incidents, 4.6% of all 28,130 incidents reported in the city that year and down 11.0% from 2024. That is about 282 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, 940 theft from vehicle incidents have been published.
Theft from vehicle in Virginia Beach by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 940 | — | — |
| 2025 | 1,283 | 282 | down 11.0% |
| 2024 | 1,442 | 317 | down 10.5% |
| 2023 | 1,612 | 354 | down 47.7% |
| 2022 | 3,082 | 678 | up 7.3% |
| 2021 | 2,872 | 631 | — |
| 2020 (partial year) | — | — | — |
— : the police feed published no theft from vehicle 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: 11,231 theft from vehicle incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most theft from vehicle (2025)
- Oceanfront - 31st St South 60 incidents
- Oceanfront - 31st St North 20 incidents
- Thalia Trace 15 incidents
- Chestnut Villa in Thalia 14 incidents
- Washington Square 13 incidents
- Redwing Area 13 incidents
- Cornerstone 13 incidents
- Kempsville Area 12 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 Virginia Beach in 2025?
1,283, according to Virginia Beach Police Department, Virginia Beach Police Department 911 calls open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is theft from vehicle going up or down in Virginia Beach?
Reported theft from vehicle was down 11.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 58.4% 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.
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 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 homicide 35 in 2025
- Virginia Beach shooting 8 in 2025
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