Gun Violence in Hampton Higher through June 2025 vs. 2024
While violent crime is up overall in the City year-over-year, improvement seen in other categories
Data regularly published by the City of Hampton compares year-over-year crime statistics and the latest report on the City’s website presents an overall increase in total violent crime, including an increase in gun violence in the period of January 1 to June 30, 2025 versus the same period 2024. According to the report the City has experienced more deaths and injuries from gunshots during the first six months of 2025, though there were also notable positive changes in other crime categories like residential burglary and drug offenses.
Increases in violent and property crimes
A report titled “Gunshot Injury Data of Murder and Assault Offenses” indicates that in the first 6 months of 2025, there have been 11 “Persons Deceased with Gunshot Injury", almost double the total from the same period in 2024. The category “Persons Injured from Gunshots (not deceased) also increased from 21 to 25 during the comparison periods.
Another comparison report provides information on “Part I Offenses” — comprehensive category that combines various serious criminal acts such as Violent Crime and Property Crime — saw an increase of 236 incidents, or 11.30%, rising to 2,324 offenses in 2025 from 2,088 in 2024. For example:
Within violent crimes, Murder/Nonneg Manslaughter more than doubled, increasing from 5 incidents to 13, a 160.00% rise.
Robbery increased by 17 incidents, seeing a 51.52% rise from 33 to 50 incidents.
Rape/Sexual Assault rose by 7 incidents, marking a 35.00% increase from 20 to 27 incidents.
Total Property Crime also increased by 207 incidents, or 10.66%, from 1,941 to 2,148 (with Larceny and Motor Vehicle Theft being key contributors to this rise.)
Positive trends in other crime categories
Despite the overall increases in some offense categories, the data also highlights several positive trends indicating a decrease in specific offense types between January 1 - June 30, 2024, and January 1 - June 30, 2025. These include:
Burglary, classified as a Part I Property Crime, experienced a more substantial reduction, decreasing by 34 incidents, or -26.15%, falling from 130 incidents in 2024 to 96 in 2025.
Aggravated Assault, which is categorized as a Part I Violent Crime, saw a slight decrease of 3 incidents, or -3.37%, dropping from 89 incidents in 2024 to 86 in 2025.
Furthermore, the broader "Select Offenses" category showed an overall decrease of 189 incidents, or -7.15%, declining from 2,643 to 2,454, including several significant reductions in reported incidents:
Simple Assaults decreased by 94 incidents, representing a -9.06% reduction, falling from 1,037 to 943.
Residential Burglary dropped by 36 incidents, a substantial -39.56% decrease, from 91 to 55.
Weapon Offenses decreased by 57 incidents, showing a -20.28% reduction, from 281 to 224.
Drug Offenses fell by 28 incidents, a -10.81% decrease, from 259 to 231.
Destruction of Property decreased by 21 incidents, a -3.22% reduction, from 653 to 632.
A Hampton Daily contributor produced this post with AI tools and these primary sources:
Hampton City Wide offense comparison (January 1 - June 30, 2024 vs. January 1 - June 30, 2025)
Gunshot Injury Data of Murder and Assault Offenses (January 1 - June 30, 2024 vs. January 1 - June 30, 2025)
Hampton Police Open Data Project website