Virginia Beach, VA · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach ranks #13 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 91Exceptional. That puts it in the 91st percentile nationally and #1 of 4 in Virginia.

safety score
91
Exceptional
National rank
#13 of 134
In Virginia
#1 of 4
Percentile
91st

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Virginia Beach sits 41 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.

Ranked around Virginia Beach

  1. T#11 Bridgeport, CT 92
  2. T#11 Laredo, TX 92
  3. #13 Virginia Beach, VA — this page 91
  4. #14 Bend, OR 90
  5. T#15 El Paso, TX 89

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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 Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach scores 49 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: