VBPD releases 2024 crime data – virginiabeach.gov

Today, Virginia Police Police Chief Paul Naidgate presented a detailed 2024 Crime statistics of the Virginia Beach Municipal Council on Part I crimes for the inclusion of violence crimes (murder, rape, robbery) and property crimes (burglary, burglary, theft of motor vehicles, motor vehicle theft, all other theft). He also presented data on fatal catastrophes in the city in 2024.

Accents

• Of the 7,977 crimes of Part I, which arose in 2024, only 5.5% were violent. Actually, Violent crimes decreased by 22.3% compared to 2023 and 21% compared to the previous three-year value (2021-2023), Making 2024, the lowest year for violent crimes in the last five years.

• Part I Property Crime is 4.3% compared to 2023, out of 7,882 crimes to 7,541. More specifically, thefts from motor vehicles continue to decline, decreased 17%, and theft of motor vehicles decreased by 27% compared to 2023 – – The largest and two pieces were in five years!

• The firing incidents decreased by 49% in 2024 from 73 to 37, and the victims of the shooting decreased by 56% from 88 to 39.

• The murder ratio dropped by 46% in 2024, from 24 to 13. Of these, 100% are cleaned positivelyS The VBPD killing rate continues to be much better than the country’s average than 52% (as reported by the FBI in 2022).

• Catastrophes of vehicles across the city have declined by 4% since 2023 and 7% since 2022.

• Fatal vehicle crashes across the city have been reduced by 31% since 2023.

• Compared to the neighboring cities in Hampton Rhodes, with 4.8 per 100,000 inhabitants, Virginia Beach had the largest number of fatal vehicles crashes in 2024.

The Chief Neudigate advertises the determination of VBPD staff, the use of technology, the VBPD Crime Center in real time and the current regional team work and cooperation in the continuation of the tendency to reduce crime of part 1 in 2024.

“In addition to the great police work and the help of the community, the technology supports these efforts with an extended network of cameras throughout the city and regional readers of registration plates that play a key role,” said police chief Paul Neidgiga. “By providing real -time data and capturing basic details such as vehicle registration plates, we can quickly identify suspects to help our investigations. These technologies regularly improve our ability to keep the community safe and to ensure that we use all the resources available to protect our community. ”

Neudigate added: “We attribute our 22% reduction in crime with violence in 2024 to several factors, including prioritized focus on the small number of people wishing to deal with weapons; increased use of the technology for incorporating the camera expansion (both closed chain reader and registration plates); Excellent work on our detective desk, which leads to quick arrests; The dedication to the VB Commonwealth Law Firm for successful pursuit of murder, shooting, crimes of robbery, etc., which leads to sentences; And our courts that guarantee the sentence are commensurate with the crime. ”

– said an outspoken disadvantage: “If you decide to join violence in the city of Virginia Beach, be sure that you are very likely to be arrested, sentenced and sentenced to a significant prison.”