Chesterfield sees overall crime down, domestic violence and drug crimes up from 2024 to 2025: report

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- A new report from the Chesterfield County Police Department indicates that overall crime is down in the county since 2024, largely due to fewer thefts, fraud cases and vehicle-related crimes.

According to a report from the Chesterfield County Police Department, overall offenses fell from 14,113 to 12,453 incidents between 2024 and November 2025, even though monthly totals are fairly consistent, with about 1,100 to 1,500 incidents monthly.

The most common offenses throughout both years have been larceny -- particularly shoplifting and vehicle thefts -- assault and fraud-related crimes.

Overall, property crime is down sharply, especially thefts from vehicles.

While total crime drops, domestic violence and weapon-related offenses show increases -- drug possession increases as well.

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Larceny

The report shows that reported shoplifting incidents have fallen from 1,623 to 1,409 incidents, and 1,068 to 897 other larcenies, including residential.

Police note motor vehicle thefts as having one of the largest drops -- 814 to 5892 reported incidents.

Fraud

While fraud remains a concern, nearly every major fraud category declined, per the report.

Wire fraud declined from 612 incidents in 2024 to 476 in 2024, according to police. Identity fraud also decreased slightly, dropping from 496 to 448.

The report also found a decrease in credit card and ATM fraud, which decreased from 269 reported incidents to 221.

Assault and violence

Simple domestic assault remained nearly unchanged from 2024, with only two fewer incidents reported this year.

However, felonious domestic assault increased from 83 to 91 incidents, and kidnapping and abduction of adults also rose from 43 to 50 incidents.

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Drugs

According to the report, drug possession increased this year, rising from 574 to 624 incidents.

However, police said controlled buys and laundering have seen a slight increase, though overall volume remains low.

Weapons violations

Weapons violations showed mixed trends in 2025, with brandishing a weapon increasing from 119 to 624 incidents.

Carrying a concealed weapon increased from 91 to 126, according to police, while illegal possession of a weapon is down from 112 incidents in 2024 to 95 in 2025.

Sex offenses

The report notes that sex offenses were mostly flat to slightly down from 2024 to 2025.

Rape declined slightly, from 44 reported incidents to 41. Simple sexual battery also fell from 95 to 79, while cases involving pornographic items are down from 87 to 76.