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Chesapeake
Chesapeake crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 23 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Chesapeake for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.
The city violent crime rate for Chesapeake in 2025 was lower than the
national violent crime rate
average by 2.97% and the city property crime rate in Chesapeake was lower than the
national property crime rate
average by 4.66%.
In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Chesapeake was higher than the
violent crime rate in Virginia
by 54.39% and the city property crime rate in Chesapeake was higher than the
property crime rate in Virginia
by 8.12%.
Property and Violent Crime
Chesapeake Crime Statistics
Summary Report
2025 Crime (Actual Data)*
Incidents
Aggravated Assault
658
Arson
9
Burglary
296
Larceny and Theft
3,212
Motor Vehicle Theft
253
Murder and Manslaughter
11
Rape
71
Robbery
77
Crime Rate
(Total Incidents)
5,124
Property Crime
3,761
Violent Crime
817
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*
Incidents
Aggravated Assault
794
Arson
8
Burglary
265
Larceny and Theft
3,219
Motor Vehicle Theft
357
Murder and Manslaughter
15
Rape
71
Robbery
60
Crime Rate
(Total Incidents)
5,205
Property Crime
3,842
Violent Crime
940
Property and Violent Crime Totals
Actual versus Projected Crime Totals
City versus State versus National Crime Comparison
* The source of
actual
data on this Chesapeake, 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 found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Chesapeake crime report data for 2026 was projected from 23 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.
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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