HomeMy WebLinkAboutAnnual Crime Statistics Update2025 Year End Review
Paul W. Neudigate,
Police Chief
February 3, 2026
Part I Crime Statistics
Violent Crimes:
Homicide
Rape
Robbery
Aggravated Assault
Property Crimes:
Burglary
Motor Vehicle Theft
Theft from Motor Vehicle
All Other Larceny
5.9%
94.1%
Part I Crime: 2025
Violent Crime Property Crime
8,473 8,056
7,154
3 Year Average 2022 - 2024 2024 2025
Property and Violent Crime
Violent Crime Property Crime
↓11.2%
Property Crime
Burglary
Motor Vehicle Theft
Theft from Motor Vehicle
All Other Larceny
147 153
180
114
2022 2023 2024 2025
Commercial Burglary
↓36.7%
248
227 218
155
2022 2023 2024 2025
Residential Burglary
↓37.5%
961
712
522 457
2022 2023 2024 2025
Motor Vehicle Theft
↓52.4%
3,258
2,127
1,761 1,555
2022 2023 2024 2025
Theft from Motor Vehicle
↓52.3%
Vehicle Report Card
Strategy Initiated
February 2022
Hotspot Patrol
Strategy Initiated
March 2022
227,570 216,718 225,877
209,898 208,620
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Citizen-Generated Calls for Service
3,774
4,687 4,926
4,454
2022 2023 2024 2025
All Other Theft
↓9.6%
7,439
8,388
7,906 7,607
6,735
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Commercial Burglary Residential Burglary Motor Vehicle Theft Larceny from Motor Vehicle All Other, Larceny
Part I Property
Crime
Compared to
3-year average
(2022 – 2024)
Compared to 2024
↓11.5%
↓15.5%
Violent Crime
Homicide
Rape
Robbery
Aggravated Assault
75
101
86
75
2022 2023 2024 2025
Rape
↓12.8%
181
142 149 141
2022 2023 2024 2025
Robbery
↓5.4%
233
291
198 188
2022 2023 2024 2025
Aggravated Assault
↓35.4%
Total Shooting Victims
58
73
37 42
2022 2023 2024 2025
Shooting Incidents
Incidents
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
1/1/2025 2/1/2025 3/1/2025 4/1/2025 5/1/2025 6/1/2025 7/1/2025 8/1/2025 9/1/2025 10/1/2025 11/1/2025 12/1/2025
28 Day Rolling Timeline: 2025 Shooting Comparison
Normal Range 3 Yr Avg 2024 2025
Shooting Incident Timeline
Citywide
2022 6.4
2023 5.1
2024 9.9
2025 8.5
Average Days Between
Shootings by Year
66
88
39
50
2022 2023 2024 2025
Total Shooting Victims: Fatal vs. Non Fatal
Fatal Non-Fatal
1
0
5
4 Victims 3 Victims 2 Victims
Total Shooting Multi-Victim Incidents
Multi-Victim Incidents
Shooting Victim
Demographics
45
5
Adult Juvenile
Shooting Victim Demographics: Age
Juvenile Victims
↓ 50%
Compared to 2024
35
5
1
7
2 0
Black White Other
Shooting Victim Demographics: Sex vs. Race
Male Female
Shooting Suspect
Demographics
40
6
Adult Juvenile
Shooting Known Suspect Demographics: Age
Juvenile Suspects
↓ 45.5%
Compared to 2024
38
3
0
3 2 0
Black White Other
Shooting Known Suspect Demographics: Sex vs. Race
Male Female
*Criminal Homicides
Homicides
23 24
16 15
2022 2023 2024 2025
Criminal Homicides
Gun Non-Gun
Homicide Victim
Demographics
14
1
Adult Juvenile
Homicide Victim Demographics: Age
6 6
111
0
Black White Other
Homicide Victim Demographics: Sex vs. Race
Male Female
Homicide Suspect
Demographics
18
0
Adult Juvenile
Homicide Known Suspect Demographics: Age
12
5
001 0
Black White Other
Homicide Known Suspect Demographics: Sex vs. Race
Male Female
78%
96%
100%100%
59%
2022 2023 2024 2025 National 2024:
Reported by FBI
Homicide Clearance Rate
Regional Comparison
Hampton Roads
Homicides
454,808
254,997
231,105
183,056
137,596
103,105 96,482
Virginia Beach Chesapeake Norfolk Newport News Hampton Suffolk Portsmouth
Hampton Roads Region: 2025 Population Comparison
Note:Population estimates from US Census Bureau
26
19 18 18
15
12
5
Norfolk Portsmouth Hampton Newport News Virginia Beach Chesapeake Suffolk
Hampton Roads Region: 2025 Homicide Comparison
Note:The number of Homicides reflected are based on agency reported totals for the full year.
19.7
13.1
11.3
9.8
4.8 4.7
3.3
Portsmouth Hampton Norfolk Newport News Suffolk Chesapeake Virginia Beach
Hampton Roads Region: 2025 Homicides Per 100,000 Residents
*Note: the calculation shown is generated by an established formula and recgonize not all cities listed have a population of 100,000 residents
National Comparison
Cities of Approximately 450,000 Residents
Homicides
98
64
57
32 28 27 26 23 18 15
Atlanta Minneapolis Oakland Long Beach Raleigh Miami Omaha Colorado Springs Mesa Virginia Beach
National Comparison: 2025 Homicide Comparison
Note: Figures generated from most recently available online source or confirmed with the agency
18.8
14.9
12.9
7.1
5.6 5.5 5.3 4.7
3.5 3.3
Atlanta Minneapolis Oakland Long Beach Raleigh Miami Omaha Colorado Springs Mesa Virginia Beach
National Comparison: 2025 Homicide Per 100,000 Residents
Note: Figures generated from most recently available online source or confirmed with the agency
658
773
1,006
882 806
979
1,251
1,654
1,447
1,221 1,283
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Gun Recoveries by Year
Note: Data for 2025 is preliminary and subject to change
National Integrated Ballistic
Information Network
(NIBIN)
576
512
558
449 419
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Homicides Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault
Part I Violent
Crime
Compared to
3-year average
(2022 – 2024)
Compared to 2024
↓6.7%
↓17.2% LOWEST IN 5 YEARS
Traffic Crash Overview
4,470 4,537
3,709
32 22 29
2023 2024 2025
Citywide Total Traffic Crashes By Year
Crashes Fatal Crashes
18.2%
32
22
29
2023 2024 2025
Citywide Fatal Traffic Incidents By Year
Note:
Several crashes within the time period analyzed are still pending lab results.
0
2
4
5
3
7
10
0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Traffic Crash Fatalities by Age Range
38,907
35,390 35,865
2023 2024 2025
Citywide Traffic Stops By Year
Regional Comparison
Hampton Roads
Fatal Crashes
31
26
21
19
16
11
7
Virginia Beach Norfolk Hampton Chesapeake Newport News Suffolk Portsmouth
Hampton Roads Region: 2025 Crash Fatalities Comparison
https://www.treds.virginia.gov/UI/Reports/Public/InteractiveReport.aspx?ReportPath=/Interactive%20Crash%20Reports/Interactive%20Report
Note: Virginia Beach fatalities reflect crashes that were not due to a medical emergency.
15.3
11.3 10.7
8.7
7.5 7.3 6.8
Hampton Norfolk Suffolk Newport News Chesapeake Portsmouth Virginia Beach
Hampton Roads Region: 2025 Crash Fatalities Per 100,000 Residents
https://www.treds.virginia.gov/UI/Reports/Public/InteractiveReport.aspx?ReportPath=/Interactive%20Crash%20Reports/Interactive %20Report
*Note: the calculation shown is generated by an established formula and recgonize not all cities listed have a population of 100,000 residents
National Comparison
Cities of Approximately 450,000 Residents
Fatal Crashes
55 53 51 49
46
40
37
31
Long Beach Colorado Springs Miami Omaha Atlanta Mesa Raleigh Virginia Beach
National Comparison: 2025 Crash Fatalities Comparison
Note: Figures generated from most recently available online source or confirmed with the agency
12.2
10.7 10.5 10.0
8.8
7.7 7.4
6.8
Long Beach Colorado Springs Miami Omaha Atlanta Mesa Raleigh Virginia Beach
National Comparison: 2025 Crash Fatalities Per 100,000 Residents
Note: Figures generated from most recently available online source or confirmed with the agency
Vice/Human Trafficking Squad
Information regarding potential trafficking activity is
received primarily via:
•Notifications from patrol officers trained by Vice to
recognize indicators of trafficking
•Tips submitted through Crime Solvers and the
National Human Trafficking Hotline
•Leads developed during interviews and debriefings
with victims, informants, and individuals involved
in the commercial sex trade
Strong working relationships with partner agencies,
including the Naval Criminal Investigative Service
(NCIS) and the Hampton Roads Human Trafficking
Task Force (HRHTTF) who assists with coordination
with Homeland Security Investigations, Office of the
Attorney General, Virginia State Police, and victim
service providers.
In 2025, VBPD executed multiple search
warrants at illegal massage parlors across the
city resulting in . These operations resulting in
arrests, as well as identification of several
victims believed to have been trafficked into
the industry from New York.
✓6 Search Warrants Executed
✓49 arrested for human trafficking –related
offenses
✓$132,000 seized used to facilitate illegal
activity
Drones as First Responder (DFR)
Skydio X10 Drone
Images from Skydio and Defensync
Skydio Docking Station
Image from Wichita PD
Oceanfront DFR Coverage
Historic Spring Concerns
93
March 7, 2022
April 5, 2025
1
2
3
4
5 6 7 8 9 10
April 25 through April 27, 2025:
✓Arrested 50+ individuals on over
200 charges, ranging from 14 to
53 years of age.
✓Seized 28 firearms
✓Three individuals shot
WARNING LETTERS
103
Current Social Media Posts
104
Trespassing Enforcement Authorization Form
107
Trespass Enforcement Authorization
•Authorizes VBPD to act as the “person lawfully in charge” of a
property.
•VBPD can issue summonses to violators for violations of trespassing
after having been warned/forbidden in accordance with City Code
§23-43.
•Grants VBPD authority to manage trespassing issues on behalf of
property owners.
•Empowers officers to prohibit individuals from unlawfully entering or
remaining on the property, issue written trespass notices to violators,
and enforce both state and local trespassing laws.
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City Code § 23-2 – Curfew for minors
•Class 4 Misdemeanor
•It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen (18) to be present on any street, road, alley, avenue, park or other public place in the city, or in any vehicle operating or parked thereon, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., unless accompanied by the parent, guardian or
other adult person having the care, custody or control of such minor
•It shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian or other adult person having
the care, custody or control of any minor under the age of eighteen (18) to permit, allow or encourage such minor to be present on any street, road, alley, avenue, park or other public place in the city, or in any vehicle operating or parked thereon, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00
a.m. in violation of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section
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Curfew Exemptions for Minors
•Emergency errand reasonably necessary safeguard life, limb, property
•Lawful employment
•Attendance at specified engagement, religious services or
participation in any assembly or expressive activity protected by the
First Amendment…
•Interstate travel through, beginning or terminating in City of Virginia
Beach
110
Minor Curfew Enforcement
•Partnership VBPD, VBSO and Parks and Recreation.
•Enforcement primarily Friday and Saturday nights, 11 PM to
3 AM.
•VBPD officers will identify and take appropriate enforcement
action, transfer custody to VBSO personnel.
•VBSO personnel will transport the juvenile(s) to separate
VBPD officers at non-police facility provided by Parks &
Recreation.
111
Minor Curfew Enforcement
•Creates a warm handoff to parents or guardians who
respond to take custody of their children.
•Use of recreation centers allow for additional resources for
juveniles and parents which would not typically be provided
during standard curfew enforcement.
112
Imminent Threat Curfew
§ 15.2-925. Regulation, etc., of assemblies or movement of persons or
vehicles under certain circumstances; curfew;
A. Any locality may empower the chief law-enforcement officer to regulate,
restrict, or prohibit any assembly of persons or the movement of persons or
vehicles if there exists an imminent threat of any civil commotion or
disturbance in the nature of a riot which constitutes a clear and present
danger…
B. Any such action may include a curfew issued by the chief law -enforcement
officer, but in cities, such action shall be in concurrence with the city
manager and the mayor.
The action authorizing the curfew shall provide for reasonable efforts to inform
the public in advance of the curfew, which shall be valid for no more than 24
hours.
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Additional Optional Responses
➢Early closure of City parking lots
➢Implement dynamic pricing to increase maximum hourly
rate in City parking lots
➢ “Pop Up Legislation”, under consideration by General
Assembly. If passed, not in effect until July 01.
➢Legislation to amend City juvenile curfew to start at 10
p.m., instead of 11 p.m.
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