Virginia Beach Crime Rate Report (Virginia)

Virginia Beach crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 12 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Virginia Beach for 2013 is expected to be lower than in 2010.

The city violent crime rate for Virginia Beach in 2010 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 53.39% and the city property crime rate in Virginia Beach was higher than the national property crime rate average but only by 3.19%.

In 2010 the city violent crime rate in Virginia Beach was lower than the violent crime rate in Virginia by 11.91% and the city property crime rate in Virginia Beach was higher than the property crime rate in Virginia by 30.45%.
Virginia Beach Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita Virginia Beach Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Virginia Beach Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2010 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault329
Arson133
Burglary2,151
Forcible Rape55
Larceny and Theft10,431
Motor Vehicle Theft650
Murder and Manslaughter14
Robbery422
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)14,276
Property Crime13,232
Violent Crime820
2013 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault396
Arson60
Burglary1,965
Forcible Rape41
Larceny and Theft9,351
Motor Vehicle Theft441
Murder and Manslaughter19
Robbery563
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)12,793
Property Crime11,749
Violent Crime1,019

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Virginia Beach Property Crime Virginia Beach Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Virginia Beach Crime 2010 Virginia Beach Crime 2013

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Virginia Beach Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison Virginia Beach Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Virginia Beach, Virginia crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Virginia Beach crime report data for 2013 was projected from 12 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2010.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.
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