Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Virginia Beach, VA Crime Grade
How Virginia Beach 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Virginia
1/10
vs. Virginia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Virginia Beach, VA was 90.4 per 100,000 residents (411 incidents over a population of 454,805). That puts Virginia Beach Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 56% below the Virginia statewide rate of 203.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Virginia Beach (red), Virginia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Virginia Beach 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 | 114.0(515) | 96.4(441) | 122.0(554) | 96.7(440) | 90.4(411) |
| Murder | 3.1(14) | 4.8(22) | 5.1(23) | 3.3(15) | 2.9(13) |
| Rape | 15.9(72) | 13.6(62) | 24.2(110) | 20.0(91) | 15.0(68) |
| Robbery | 31.4(142) | 31.9(146) | 31.3(142) | 31.9(145) | 28.8(131) |
| Aggravated assault | 63.5(287) | 46.1(211) | 61.5(279) | 41.5(189) | 43.8(199) |
| Property crime | 1581.9(7,149) | 1754.1(8,026) | 1738.6(7,893) | 1664.3(7,575) | 1425.9(6,485) |
| Burglary | 81.2(367) | 91.4(418) | 89.4(406) | 89.2(406) | 58.7(267) |
| Larceny | 1323.2(5,980) | 1469.5(6,724) | 1484.4(6,739) | 1455.8(6,626) | 1263.8(5,748) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 171.0(773) | 187.7(859) | 157.3(714) | 110.1(501) | 97.4(443) |
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: Virginia Beach'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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