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Norfolk, VA · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Norfolk

Norfolk ranks #86 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 36 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 37th percentile nationally and #3 of 4 in Virginia.

safety score
36
Some Fun
National rank
#86 of 134
In Virginia
#3 of 4
Percentile
37th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Norfolk sits 14 points below 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 Norfolk

  1. T#83 Santa Fe, NM 38
  2. #85 Milwaukee, WI 37
  3. #86 Norfolk, VA — this page 36
  4. T#87 Austin, TX 35
  5. T#87 Corpus Christi, TX 35

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 Norfolk

Norfolk scores 56 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: