CrimeMetric

Crime in Hopewell, Virginia

Major crime in Hopewell is about the U.S. rate per resident: 18% higher for persons crimes and 6% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.0% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
98
about the U.S. rate
15% above the Virginia rate
down 8.0% in a year
Persons crimes
118
18% above the U.S. rate
1.8 times the Virginia rate
down 4.9% in a year
Property crimes
94
6% below the U.S. rate
about the Virginia rate
down 8.9% in a year
Social disorder
182
1.8 times the U.S. rate
1.9 times the Virginia rate
down 5.3% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Murder stands out most, at 4.5 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Hopewell for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Hopewell

The middle half of Hopewell residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 53 and 88; the typical (median) resident's is 68. The citywide figure (98) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Hopewell, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5022.9%
  • 50–10061.1%
  • 100–20010.1%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+5.9%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on Friday and Saturday nights

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm90
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am106
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm93
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am110
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.0% in a year; across Virginia it fell 8.5%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.0%VA -8.5%-12.2%VA -12.4%
Persons crimes-4.9%VA -5.2%-2.6%VA -1.9%
Property crimes-8.9%VA -9.0%-14.9%VA -14.1%
Social disorder-5.3%VA -5.3%-5.9%VA -5.7%

Change in expected crimes, with Virginia as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Hopewell against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

700 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Hopewell; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Pottstown, PA23,392249
Alliance, OH23,404155
Chantilly, VA23,438151
Secaucus, NJ23,448138
Maywood, CA23,361100
Hopewell, VA23,40198
Harrison, NJ23,42783
Millbrae, CA23,43569

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Hopewell has a higher major-crime index than 3 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Fort Lee (3 mi), is 75% below Hopewell's rate.

Petersburg8 mi247
Bellwood11 mi155
Chester8 mi112
Bensley13 mi107
Hopewell98
Ettrick7 mi65
Fort Lee3 mi24

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Hopewell

What are the most common crimes in Hopewell?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 111 a year), theft from vehicle (about 77 a year) and aggravated assault (about 67 a year). Compared with the U.S., murder stands out most: 4.5 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Hopewell's figures add up its 18 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Hopewell has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 8.3% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 23,401. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Hopewell, Virginia." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/va/hopewell

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100