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Number of people in state prison or a local jail in 2020 from each Norfolk neighborhood

Norfolk neighborhoods Number of people in state prison or a local jail from each Norfolk neighborhood, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Incarceration rate per 100,000
Attucks/Barberton/Church 42 1,461 1,503 2,794
Azalea Acres/Azalea Lakes 5 1,067 1,072 466
Ballentine Place 65 2,754 2,819 2,306
Bayview 71 9,436 9,507 747
Beacon Light Berkley 109 3,698 3,807 2,863
Bel-Aire 2 517 519 385
Brambleton 17 682 699 2,432
Brandon Place 9 1,212 1,221 737
Broad Creek 34 1,851 1,885 1,804
Bromley 3 614 617 486
Bruces Park 51 1,346 1,397 3,651
Calvert Square 16 722 738 2,168
Camellia Gardens 3 546 549 546
Camellia Shores/Camellia Acres 8 1,918 1,926 415
Campostella 58 1,918 1,976 2,935
Campostella Heights 18 632 650 2,769
Chesapeake Gardens/Mamie Homes 43 1,655 1,698 2,532
Chesterfield Heights 35 1,450 1,485 2,357
Colonial Place/Riverview 17 4,359 4,376 388
Coronado/Inglenook 16 1,072 1,088 1,471
Cottage Line 10 1,475 1,485 673
Cromwell Farms/Ellsworth 4 763 767 522
Crossroads 59 4,225 4,284 1,377
Crown Point 28 2,189 2,217 1,263
Diggs Town 21 664 685 3,066
Downtown Norfolk Civic League 24 4,751 4,073 589
East Lynne/Saratoga 4 555 559 716
East Ocean View 72 8,399 8,471 850
Easton Place 8 1,396 1,404 570
Estabrook/Coleman Place 91 5,916 6,007 1,515
Fairmount Park 133 5,687 5,820 2,285
Fox Hall 25 2,994 3,019 828
Freemason Street Area Association 2 1,900 1,902 105
Ghent Neighborhood League 10 5,195 5,205 192
Ghent Square Comminuty Association 1 1,422 1,423 70
Glenrock 8 836 844 948
Glenwood Park 19 2,356 2,375 800
Grandy Village Advisory Council 12 594 606 1,980
Greater Pinewell 3 830 833 360
Greenhill Farms 10 577 587 1,704
Greenwood/Elmhurst/Norview Heights 42 3,467 3,509 1,197
Hewitt Farms 0 964 964 0
Highland Park 21 1,435 1,456 1,442
Hollywood Homes/Maple Hall 14 1,486 1,500 933
Ingleside 56 3,148 3,204 1,748
Janaf 7 507 514 1,362
Kensington/Old Dominion 27 1,090 1,117 2,417
Lafayette Shores Homeowners Association 1 587 588 170
Lafayette/Winona 19 2,093 2,112 900
Lake Taylor 11 1,443 1,454 757
Lake Whitehurst West 26 5,076 5,102 510
Lamberts Point 25 3,633 3,658 683
Larchmont/Edgewater 3 7,017 7,020 43
Lindenwood/Barraud Park/Cottage Heights 67 2,101 2,168 3,090
Lochhaven 0 713 713 0
Meadowbrook Woods 6 826 832 721
Middle Towne Arch 8 1,875 1,883 425
Monticello Village 15 887 902 1,663
Newtown South 14 972 986 1,420
Norfolk Crossing 1 1,794 1,795 56
North Camelia Acres 11 1,436 1,447 760
North Meadowbrook 19 1,739 1,758 1,081
Northside 58 8,676 8,734 664
Norvella Heights 11 1,073 1,084 1,015
Norview 24 2,125 2,149 1,117
Oak Leaf Forest 13 770 783 1,660
Oakdale Farms/Denby Park 60 3,364 3,424 1,752
Oakmont North 12 1,594 1,606 747
Oakwood 23 1,087 1,110 2,072
Ocean View 48 5,238 5,286 908
ODU Village 2 2,481 2,483 81
Olde Huntersville 129 2,138 2,267 5,690
Park Place 111 4,265 4,376 2,537
Poplar Hall 54 2,679 2,733 1,976
River Forrest Shores/Wayside Manor 8 1,293 1,301 615
River Oaks 10 699 709 1,410
Riverpoint 7 820 827 846
Roland Park 9 1,393 1,402 642
Roosevelt Area 17 3,567 3,584 474
Sewells Gardens 15 1,161 1,176 1,276
Shadywood East 28 1,925 1,953 1,434
Sherwood Forest 15 1,376 1,391 1,078
South Bayview 13 2,231 2,244 579
Spartan Village 21 894 915 2,295
St. Andrews Place 7 606 613 1,142
Suburban Acres 30 2,546 2,576 1,165
Talbot Park 10 1,540 1,550 645
Tidewater Gardens 36 1,186 1,222 2,946
Titustown 18 1,897 1,915 940
Villa Heights 31 964 995 3,116
Wards Corner 29 4,272 4,301 674
Wellington Oaks 35 1,685 1,720 2,035
West Ghent 1 2,825 2,826 35
Willoughby 29 3,333 3,362 863
Young Terrace 38 1,713 1,751 2,170

Sources and methodology

Norfolk neighborhoods
This is the Norfolk civic league with more than 500 residents -- approximating neighborhoods -- as updated in 2022 by the city.
Number of people in state prison or a local jail from each Norfolk neighborhood, 2020
This is the number of people from each Norfolk neighborhood in state prison or a local jail as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Norfolk neighborhood as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Norfolk neighborhood as reflected in the 2020 Census plus the imprisoned population.
Incarceration rate per 100,000
This is the number of incarcerated people divided by the total population and then multiplied by 100,000. It allows ready comparison of the frequency of incarceration between each Norfolk neighborhood of different population sizes.


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