Healthcare & Safety in Smithfield
Smithfield gained a genuinely new local hospital in January 2026, and crime reads consistently safer than national and state averages at the county level -- a favorable combination for this dataset's Virginia Tier B batch.
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Learn moreA real, brand-new local hospital
Riverside Smithfield Hospital opened in January 2026 as a genuinely new 50-bed facility -- a 24/7 emergency department, a 34-bed medical/surgical unit, and a dedicated 10-bed ICU (Riverside Health, retrieved 2026-08-24). Additional regional options include Sentara St. Luke's Medical Center (15.2 miles) and Sentara Obici Hospital (26.6 miles).
Consistently below-average crime at the county level
Isle of Wight County's violent crime rate (10.8 per 1,000) runs well below the 22.7 US average, and property crime (22.5 per 1,000) runs below the 35.4 US average. Violent crime fell a real 28.7% in 2025, and the county's 2025 violent crime rate runs 63.3% below neighboring Suffolk's and 82.9% below Newport News' (CrimeGrade.org, Smithfield Times, retrieved 2026-08-24) -- a genuinely favorable regional comparison.
No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe
Per this dataset's site policy, no specific neighborhood or area within Smithfield is called out as higher- or lower-crime here -- confirm current, address-specific data directly with local law enforcement before relocating. Note also that the crime figures above are county-level; a Smithfield-town-specific figure was not independently isolated this pass.
Key takeaways
- Riverside Smithfield Hospital opened January 2026 -- a genuinely new, 50-bed local hospital with a 24/7 ER and dedicated ICU.
- Isle of Wight County's violent and property crime rates both run well below national averages, with violent crime down a real 28.7% in 2025.
- The county's 2025 violent crime rate runs 63.3%-82.9% below neighboring Suffolk's and Newport News' -- a genuinely favorable regional gap.
- Crime figures here are county-level, not Smithfield-town-specific; no neighborhood is named as unsafe, per site policy.
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