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Virginia Beach Police Department

City agencyVA1280000NIBRS since 1999LEMAS 2020Founded 1963

Virginia Beach City County, Virginia

Serves ~454,805 residents · UCR reported

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The Virginia Beach Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The department hires over 1,000 officers and civilians. The VBPD is headquartered in Building 11, at 2405 Courthouse Dr, and services four police precincts that the VBPD services. Each precinct is further divided into zones for officers to patrol. They are simply named First, Second, Third, and Fourth Precincts. The VBPD services the roughly 450,000 residents of the city, which is the largest in the state, surpassing the capital city of Richmond.

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Larceny-theft: victim & offender age · 17,372 victims, 27,912 offenders
Victim sex
Male9,057 (52%)
Female8,256 (48%)
Unknown59 (0%)
Victim race
White10,772 (65%)
Black or African American5,226 (32%)
Asian495 (3%)
American Indian or Alaska Native41 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander17 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home7,088 (27%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage5,735 (22%)
Department/Discount Store2,038 (8%)
Convenience Store1,995 (7%)
Liquor Store1,416 (5%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk1,259 (5%)

Top 6 of 44 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger869 (38%)
Acquaintance364 (16%)
Otherwise Known205 (9%)
Relationship Unknown179 (8%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)140 (6%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend120 (5%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1,489 (46%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud594 (18%)
Simple Assault316 (10%)
Motor Vehicle Theft227 (7%)
Counterfeiting/Forgery126 (4%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game108 (3%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
731
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
191
Part-time civilian
50
Total FT employees
922
Population served
451,231
Operating budget
$106,129,479
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013770176$92,000,136
2007803161$79,084,177
2003768165$63,544,181
2000721137$57,960,815
1999723247
1997708216

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
711
Civilians (2025)
201

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

Virginia Beach open data

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