Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Portsmouth, VA Crime Grade
How Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth, VA was 704.6 per 100,000 residents (679 incidents over a population of 96,362). That puts Portsmouth Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 247% above the Virginia statewide rate of 203.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Portsmouth (red), Virginia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Portsmouth 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 | 767.8(729) | 875.5(858) | 832.9(805) | 752.4(731) | 704.6(679) |
| Murder | 37.9(36) | 48.0(47) | 39.3(38) | 37.1(36) | 18.7(18) |
| Rape | 31.6(30) | 49.0(48) | 38.3(37) | 36.0(35) | 28.0(27) |
| Robbery | 145.4(138) | 213.3(209) | 194.5(188) | 168.8(164) | 115.2(111) |
| Aggravated assault | 553.0(525) | 565.3(554) | 560.8(542) | 510.5(496) | 542.7(523) |
| Property crime | 3842.3(3,648) | 4902.9(4,805) | 4700.5(4,543) | 3890.7(3,780) | 2937.9(2,831) |
| Burglary | 336.0(319) | 429.6(421) | 544.2(526) | 426.1(414) | 279.2(269) |
| Larceny | 3127.1(2,969) | 4028.4(3,948) | 3425.8(3,311) | 2945.8(2,862) | 2283.1(2,200) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 376.0(357) | 433.7(425) | 724.3(700) | 516.7(502) | 368.4(355) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Portsmouth's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Virginia cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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