Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Newport News, VA Crime Grade
How Newport News grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Virginia — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Virginia
10/10
vs. Virginia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Newport News, VA was 788.3 per 100,000 residents (1,441 incidents over a population of 182,798). That puts Newport News Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 288% above the Virginia statewide rate of 203.3.
That ranks Newport News #3,591 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 5% of them, and #38 of 39 in Virginia. Violent crime is up 6% year over year and up 18% over the last five years.
Newport News, VA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Virginia Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 788.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,591 of 3,771
- VA rank
- #38 of 39
- Safer than
- 5% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 6%
- 5-year change
- up 18%
- Population
- 182,798
- Reporting agency
- Newport News Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Newport News Police Department (FBI ORI VA1160000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Newport News, VA
Also known as
- Porte Newce
- Point Hope
- Newport Newse
- Newportes Newes
- Newport's News
- New Porte Newce
- Newportes Newce
- Newports News
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Newport News (red), Virginia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Newport News vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 666.6(1,191) | 624.8(1,149) | 882.4(1,620) | 746.9(1,371) | 788.3(1,441) |
| Murder | 16.8(30) | 16.9(31) | 25.6(47) | 12.5(23) | 9.8(18) |
| Rape | 39.7(71) | 33.7(62) | 40.3(74) | 32.1(59) | 24.6(45) |
| Robbery | 72.8(130) | 100.6(185) | 116.0(213) | 85.0(156) | 90.8(166) |
| Aggravated assault | 537.3(960) | 473.6(871) | 700.4(1,286) | 617.2(1,133) | 663.0(1,212) |
| Property crime | 2018.9(3,607) | 2311.5(4,251) | 2545.2(4,673) | 2451.5(4,500) | 2271.9(4,153) |
| Burglary | 196.5(351) | 184.3(339) | 237.5(436) | 225.5(414) | 193.7(354) |
| Larceny | 1585.1(2,832) | 1859.7(3,420) | 1982.0(3,639) | 1917.1(3,519) | 1844.1(3,371) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 220.0(393) | 251.8(463) | 309.9(569) | 287.1(527) | 222.1(406) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Newport News, VA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Newport News Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Newport News calculated?
- Newport News's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Virginia state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Virginia cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Newport News Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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