Property maintenance

Property-maintenance violations in Richmond

When the City inspects a property for a possible housing or property-maintenance code problem — overgrown lots, failing structures, unsafe or unfit dwellings, inoperable vehicles, trash and debris — the inspector records whether a violation was actually found. This page maps where City inspectors confirmed a violation over the last 24months, drawn directly from the City's inspection records. Use the buttons below to filter by inspection type.

As of September 28, 2026 · Richmond, VA · Sep 30, 2024 – Sep 25, 2026

Sub-types are the City's own inspection case type. Note that Site Inspection - Codeis a generic bucket the City uses for most code inspections — it does not describe the specific problem. Counts below are inspection events marked “In Violation.”

4,238

properties with a confirmed violation

15,506

inspections marked “In Violation”

141

neighborhoods with at least one

99.5%

located to a neighborhood

Confirmed violations per month

Distinct properties with a confirmed violation each month. The most recent 3 months (hatched) are still accruing (re-inspection / status-flip lag) and should not be read as a decline.

Where violations were confirmed

Each neighborhood is shaded by the number of distinct properties with a confirmed violation. Larger neighborhoods naturally show more, so the table below also gives a rate per 1,000 parcels for context. Hover a neighborhood for its figures.

Distinct properties with a confirmed violation

1–9

10–24

25–49

50–99

100+

Neighborhoods with the most properties cited

Ordered by the count of distinct properties with a confirmed violation. The rate per 1,000 parcels is shown alongside as size context — we present this as neither a ranking of where problems are “worst” nor a judgment about any neighborhood.

Neighborhood	Properties	Inspections	Per 1,000 parcels
The Fan	218	726	44.5
Northern Barton Heights	163	738	134.9
Swansboro	140	504	110.2
Swansboro West	125	412	168
North Highland Park	119	397	92
Jackson Ward	110	454	129.3
Highland Park Southern Tip	105	420	98.2
Oak Grove	94	389	103.9
Ginter Park	92	256	91
Carver	89	253	105.1
Brookland Park	88	394	106.4
The Museum District	88	264	35.6
Bellemeade	78	260	72.2
Jeff Davis	76	229	57
Randolph	76	269	70.1

Recent confirmed violations

The 40 most recent confirmed violations. Each links to the City's own EnerGov inspection record — the source for every figure above.

4500 Grove Ave Richmond VA 23221 · Colonial Place
Sep 25, 2026City record →
3009 Moss Side Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Ginter Park Terrace
Sep 25, 2026City record →
616 W Graham Road Richmond VA 23222 · Northern Barton Heights
Sep 25, 2026City record →
2211 3rd Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Highland Park Southern Tip
Sep 24, 2026City record →
417 E Ladies Mile Road Richmond VA 23222 · Providence Park
Sep 24, 2026City record →
2204 Harwood St Richmond VA 23224 · Bellemeade
Sep 24, 2026City record →
2823 Midlothian Tpke Richmond VA 23224 · Swansboro
Sep 24, 2026City record →
3110 Vale St Richmond VA 23234 · Cullenwood
Sep 24, 2026City record →
2313 Wright Ave Richmond VA 23224 · Bellemeade
Sep 24, 2026City record →
706 Rex Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Washington Park
Sep 24, 2026City record →
608 N 26th St Richmond VA 23223 · Church Hill
Sep 23, 2026City record →
608 N 26th St Richmond VA 23223 · Church Hill
Sep 23, 2026City record →
608 N 26th St Richmond VA 23223 · Church Hill
Sep 23, 2026City record →
4683 Southwood Pkwy Apt H Richmond VA 23224 · Southwood
Sep 23, 2026City record →
605 E Brookland Park Blvd Richmond VA 23222 · Green Park
Sep 23, 2026City record →
3190 Cullenwood Dr Richmond VA 23234 · Cullenwood
Sep 23, 2026City record →
211 Preston St Richmond VA 23219 · Gilpin
Sep 23, 2026City record →
1000 N 3rd St Richmond VA 23219 · Gilpin
Sep 23, 2026City record →
1419 Lynhaven Ave Richmond VA 23224 · Bellemeade
Sep 23, 2026City record →
2200 Parkwood Ave Richmond VA 23220 · The Fan
Sep 23, 2026City record →
3212 Woodrow Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Brookland Park
Sep 23, 2026City record →
2200 Parkwood Ave Richmond VA 23220 · The Fan
Sep 23, 2026City record →
605 E Brookland Park Blvd Richmond VA 23222 · Green Park
Sep 23, 2026City record →
5725 Hull Street Road Richmond VA 23224 · South Garden
Sep 22, 2026City record →
3937 Merry Oaks Ave Richmond VA 23224 · McGuire
Sep 22, 2026City record →
2304 Yorktown Ave Richmond VA 23234 · Jeff Davis
Sep 22, 2026City record →
2406 Wendell Lane Richmond VA 23234 · Hickory Hill
Sep 22, 2026City record →
1907 N 20th St Richmond VA 23223 · Eastview
Sep 22, 2026City record →
3501 Moody Ave Richmond VA 23225 · Reedy Creek
Sep 22, 2026City record →
2001 W Broad St Richmond VA 23220 · The Fan
Sep 22, 2026City record →
2518 Semmes Ave Richmond VA 23225 · Swansboro
Sep 22, 2026City record →
3311 Mike Road Richmond VA 23234 · Davee Gardens
Sep 22, 2026City record →
3508 Moody Ave Richmond VA 23225 · Reedy Creek
Sep 22, 2026City record →
3507 Moody Ave Richmond VA 23225 · Reedy Creek
Sep 22, 2026City record →
3503 Moody Ave Richmond VA 23225 · Reedy Creek
Sep 22, 2026City record →
2406 Wendell Lane Richmond VA 23234 · Hickory Hill
Sep 22, 2026City record →
422 Hunt Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Providence Park
Sep 21, 2026City record →
6925 W Carnation St Apt D Richmond VA 23225 · Hioaks
Sep 19, 2026City record →
6925 W Carnation St Apt D Richmond VA 23225 · Hioaks
Sep 19, 2026City record →
5013 Forest Hill Ave Richmond VA 23225 · Westover Hills
Sep 18, 2026City record →

How this is measured

Definition. A “confirmed violation” is a City code-enforcement building inspection whose recorded status contains “In Violation,” over the trailing 24months, dated by the date the inspection was conducted and located by the property's neighborhood. We use the inspection record — not the code-case status — because a case's headline status (e.g. “Closed (Compliant)”) hides violations that were found and later fixed.
Sub-types.The filter buttons are the City's own inspection case type. “Site Inspection - Code” is a generic bucket the City uses for most code inspections and accounts for roughly three-quarters of violations — it does not describe the specific problem. The descriptive types (Environmental, Defective Maintenance, Unsafe/Unfit) resolve the rest; one small zoning type (“Zoning Code Case”) is included for completeness. “Site Inspection - Zoning” is excluded— Richmond Planning & Development Review told us (2026-07-08) that inspectors don't apply it consistently, so it isn't a reliable signal here.
Counts (all sub-types). 4,238 distinct properties · 15,506 inspection events · 5,444 code cases · 141 neighborhoods, over Sep 30, 2024 – Sep 25, 2026. Last refreshed September 28, 2026. The headline leads with distinct properties; inspection events are the secondary figure. A property cited under more than one sub-type is counted once in “All sub-types” but appears under each type it was cited for.
This signal starts in November 2022. Our link between code cases and their inspections does not extend earlier, so this is not a long-run history.
Recent months undercount. The most recent 3 months are still accruing (re-inspection and status-flip lag) and are marked incomplete on the chart.
The rate is a rough normalizer. “Per 1,000 parcels” divides by every parcel in a neighborhood (residential, commercial, and vacant alike), not by housing units, so it is a size adjustment, not a precise per-home rate. Neighborhoods with very few parcels can swing on small numbers.
We do not rank “worst.” Counts reflect both how many properties exist and how actively an area was inspected. We present the data and the methodology and leave interpretation to the reader.