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Chesapeake, VA · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Chesapeake

Chesapeake ranks #21 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 85 — Exceptional. That puts it in the 85th percentile nationally and #2 of 4 in Virginia.

safety score
85
Exceptional
National rank
#21 of 134
In Virginia
#2 of 4
Percentile
85th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Chesapeake sits 35 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Chesapeake

  1. T#19 Jackson, MS 86
  2. T#19 Mesa, AZ 86
  3. #21 Chesapeake, VA — this page 85
  4. #22 Henderson, NV 84
  5. T#23 Fremont, CA 83

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Chesapeake

Chesapeake scores 44 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: