This dataset has been published by the Virginia Beach Police Department and data.virginiabeach.gov. The mission of data.virginiabeach.gov is to provide timely and accurate City information to increase government transparency and access to useful and well organized data by the general public, non-governmental organizations, and City of Virginia Beach employees.

This dataset excludes incidents assigned to 14 of the 152 Incident Based Reporting Codes. The specific IBR codes excluded are outlined below:

1. Runaway

2. Death Investigation

3. Death, Accidental

4. Death, Drowning

5. Death, Suicide

6. Death, Auto Fatality

7. Attempted Suicide

8. Officer Involved Shooting, Death

9. Officer Involved Shooting, No Death

10. Missing Person

11. Lost Property

12. Habitual Offender

13. Other Non-Reportable Offenses

14. SVU Information Only

This dataset has been published by the Virginia Beach Police Department, data.virginiabeach.gov The mission of data.virginiabeach.gov is to provide timely and accurate City information to increase government transparency and access to useful and well organized data by the general public, non-governmental organizations, and City of Virginia Beach employees. Any questions about this dataset or request for information, please contact the data owner - Virginia Beach Police Department at - vbpdpublicaffairs@vbgov.com or 757-385-4097 - VBPD Public Affairs OfficeThe following five priority codes are assigned to each call for service depending on the severity of the incident. Priority 1 - Life threatening situations in progress or which have just occurred and where an immediate response is necessary to preserve property and crime scenes or to prevent the situation from escalating. Examples include accidents with injuries, burglaries in progress, and violent domestics.Priority 2 - Life threatening situations in progress or which have just occurred and where an immediate response is necessary to preserve property and crime scenes or to prevent the situation from escalating. Examples include accidents with injuries, burglaries in progress, and violent domestics.Priority 3 - Misdemeanors in progress or that have just occurred. Examples include accidents with no injuries, burglar alarms, suspicious persons, domestics with no weapons, prowler.Priority 4 - Cold crimes that require reporting and other situations that would not be impacted by delayed response. Examples include reports taken by telephone in the Telephone Reporting Unit, abandoned autos, nuisance calls, pick-up prisoner, found property.Priority 5 - Situations where no reportable offense has occurred.

This dataset has been published by the Virginia Beach Police Department and data.virginiabeach.gov. The mission of data.virginiabeach.gov is to provide timely and accurate City information to increase government transparency and access to useful and well organized data by the general public, non-governmental organizations, and City of Virginia Beach employees.