VIRGINIA BEACH is a region located in VA, and has a population of 443,226. This region is policed by VIRGINIA BEACH POLICE DEPT.
VIRGINIA BEACH has an overall crime rate of 4,371 per 100,000 residents. This is moderately safer than the rest of the United States, but still about average. This means that your chances of becoming a victim of any type of crime in VIRGINIA BEACH is 1 in 23 if you reside there for a year.
The average overall crime rate for VIRGINIA BEACH for the previous 2 years was 4,741 per 100,000 residents. This means that the crime rate for VIRGINIA BEACH has been decreasing over time.
Below are its crime rates and policing statistics according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). For more specific crime statistics (NIBRS) for many US cities & counties, see Offense Statistics.
| (per 100,000) | VIRGINIA BEACH | USA | |
| Crime Rate (Overall) | 4,371 | 4,506 | |
| Murder Rate | 3.1 | 6 | |
| Robbery Rate | 93 | 148 | |
| Rape Rate | 15 | 30 | |
| Assault Rate | 1,504 | 644 | |
| Burglary Rate | 461 | 726 | |
| Forced Entry Rate | 217 | 417 | |
| Larceny Rate | 2,192 | 2,185 | |
| Auto Theft Rate | 102 | 362 |
| VIRGINIA BEACH | USA | |
| Overall Clearance | 100% | 28% |
| Homicide Clearance | 100% | 56% |
| Assault Clearance | 100% | 52% |
| Rape Clearance | 100% | 38% |
| Robbery Clearance | 100% | 23% |
| Burglary Clearance | 100% | 12% |
| Larceny Clearance | 100% | 18% |
| Auto Theft Clearance | 80% | 12% |
Of the 730,000 sex offenders in the United States, there are a total of 523 sex offender(s) in VIRGINIA BEACH.
On a per capita basis, there are approximately 118 sex offender(s) per 100,000 people in VIRGINIA BEACH. This is compared to the nation-wide average of 240 sex offenders per 100,000 people.
To search the official state sex offender registry for Virginia see http://sex-offender.vsp.virginia.gov/sor/
Data estimated from arrests & clearances from a sample from the Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice. Washington, D.C. 2011. If missing data exist, these figures will tend to underestimate the true figures. Insideprison.com is not responsible for the currency or accuracy of this data.
