Editing Newport News, Virginia (section)

==Crime==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Crime (per 100,000 people)
! Newport News, Virginia (2007)
! National average
|-
| Murder
| 15.8
| 5.6
|-
| Rape
| 51.3
| 32.2
|-
| Robbery
| 288.9
| 195.4
|-
| Assault
| 336.2
| 340.1
|-
| Burglary
| 892.1
| 814.5
|-
| Automobile theft
| 377.4
| 526.5
|}
Newport News experienced 20 murders giving the city a murder rate of 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2005. In 2006, there were 19 murders giving the city a rate of 10.5 per 100,000 people. In 2007 the city had 28 murders with a rate of 15.8 per 100,000 people.

The total crime index rate for Newport News is 434.7; the United States average is 320.9.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/city/Newport-News-Virginia.html|title=Newport News, Virginia (VA) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders|website=www.city-data.com}}</ref> According to the Congressional Quarterly Press' "2008 City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America," Newport News ranked as the 119th most dangerous city larger than 75,000 inhabitants.<ref>[http://os.cqpress.com/citycrime2008/citycrime2008.htm CQ Press: City Crime Rankings 2008<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607114443/http://os.cqpress.com/citycrime2008/citycrime2008.htm |date=June 7, 2010 }}</ref> The neighborhood with the highest crime rates in Newport News is the [[East End (Newport News, Virginia)|East End]].