Crime & Safety in Chesapeake
Chesapeake's crime data reads favorably across most sources reviewed this pass -- NeighborhoodScout's 21-per-1,000 overall rate explicitly described as "not among the highest," and DoorProfit citing overall crime 4% below the national average -- though CrimeGrade's more middling C+ letter grade is disclosed alongside rather than omitted.
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Learn moreNeighborhoodScout: a comparatively favorable overall rate
NeighborhoodScout cites Chesapeake's overall crime rate at 21 per 1,000 residents, explicitly noting the city is "not among the communities with the very highest crime rate" -- with a 1-in-48 chance of victimization for violent or property crime combined.
CrimeGrade: a more middling letter grade
CrimeGrade.org assigns Chesapeake an overall C+ letter grade, with a violent-crime-specific rate of 2.865 per 1,000 -- a real, disclosed tension with NeighborhoodScout's more favorable framing, worth checking directly for a specific address rather than relying on one source alone.
DoorProfit: below the national average overall
A third source, DoorProfit, cites Chesapeake's overall crime rate running 4% below the national average -- broadly consistent with NeighborhoodScout's more favorable read, adding a third data point rather than resolving the tension with CrimeGrade's letter grade.
Real, disclosed neighborhood-level variance
Southwest Chesapeake neighborhoods are cited as safest (1-in-687 victim odds) versus the north (1-in-157) -- a real, meaningful geographic spread. No specific lower-rated area is named here per site policy; check a specific address directly with more than one source.
Key takeaways
- NeighborhoodScout cites Chesapeake's overall crime rate at 21/1,000, explicitly "not among the highest" (1-in-48 victim odds).
- CrimeGrade's overall C+ letter grade and 2.865/1,000 violent-crime rate reads more middling -- a real, disclosed tension with NeighborhoodScout's framing.
- DoorProfit separately cites overall crime 4% below the national average -- a third data point, not a full reconciliation.
- Southwest neighborhoods are cited as safest (1-in-687) vs. the north (1-in-157) -- real geographic variance; check a specific address with more than one source.
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