Is ZIP code 23708 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 23708 scores in the 82.8th percentile for reported crime as of September 2026, which is a High Crime rating: in the top quarter of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.

How is the crime score for 23708 calculated?

SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.

How does 23708 compare with the rest of Virginia?

It ranks #53 of 376 scored ZIP codes in Virginia, against a state median of the 47.7th percentile. Nationally it ranks #1,907 of 14,733.

Crime Score for ZIP 23708, Portsmouth, VA

Portsmouth · September 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

High Crime

Higher crime than 82.81% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#1,907

of 14,733 scored ZIPs

Virginia rank

#53

of 376 in state

Score index

121.9

crime intensity

Snapshot

September 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 23708 covers part of Portsmouth in Virginia. In September 2026 it scored in the 82.8th percentile for reported crime among 14,733 scored US ZIP codes. That is a High Crime rating, in the top quarter of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.

Nationally it ranks #1,907, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Virginia it ranks #53 of 376. That is 35.1 points above the Virginia median of 47.7.

Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.

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0 of 6 score lower than 23708. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.

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Questions about 23708

Is ZIP code 23708 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 23708 scores in the 82.8th percentile for reported crime as of September 2026, which is a High Crime rating: in the top quarter of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
How is the crime score for 23708 calculated?: SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
How does 23708 compare with the rest of Virginia?: It ranks #53 of 376 scored ZIP codes in Virginia, against a state median of the 47.7th percentile. Nationally it ranks #1,907 of 14,733.

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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, September 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.