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 August 13, 2026 · Richmond, VA · Aug 13, 2024 – Aug 12, 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.”

4,436

properties with a confirmed violation

16,579

inspections marked “In Violation”

142

neighborhoods with at least one

99.4%

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	229	791	46.7
Northern Barton Heights	176	826	145.7
Swansboro	144	520	113.4
North Highland Park	133	432	102.9
Jackson Ward	115	493	135.1
Swansboro West	110	393	147.8
Highland Park Southern Tip	107	443	100.1
Carver	104	291	122.8
Oak Grove	102	430	112.7
The Museum District	95	284	38.4
Ginter Park	93	269	92
Brookland Park	90	415	108.8
Randolph	85	300	78.4
Bellemeade	81	265	74.9
Jeff Davis	79	240	59.3

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.

619 N 21st St Richmond VA 23223 · Union Hill
Aug 12, 2026City record →
1901 3rd Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Highland Park Southern Tip
Aug 12, 2026City record →
205 N 28th St Richmond VA 23223 · Church Hill
Aug 12, 2026City record →
4707 Castlewood Road Richmond VA 23234 · Jeff Davis
Aug 12, 2026City record →
2503 Bainbridge St Richmond VA 23225 · Swansboro
Aug 12, 2026City record →
309 N 21st St Richmond VA 23223 · Church Hill
Aug 12, 2026City record →
2503 Bainbridge St Richmond VA 23225 · Swansboro
Aug 12, 2026City record →
312 Brook Road Richmond VA 23220 · Jackson Ward
Aug 12, 2026City record →
3808 Montrose Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Ginter Park
Aug 11, 2026City record →
3415 Decatur St Richmond VA 23224 · Broad Rock
Aug 11, 2026City record →
2005 Ingram Ave Richmond VA 23224 · Oak Grove
Aug 11, 2026City record →
3101 Cutshaw Ave Richmond VA 23221 · The Museum District
Aug 11, 2026City record →
2705 Lamberts Ave Richmond VA 23234 · Jeff Davis
Aug 11, 2026City record →
2502 Semmes Ave Richmond VA 23225 · Swansboro
Aug 11, 2026City record →
3516 East Richmond Road Unit 15 Richmond VA 23223 · Oakwood
Aug 11, 2026City record →
1915 Belt Blvd Richmond VA 23224 · McGuire Veterans Hospital
Aug 11, 2026City record →
411 N Monroe St Richmond VA 23220 · Jackson Ward
Aug 10, 2026City record →
401 W 25th St Richmond VA 23225 · Swansboro
Aug 10, 2026City record →
322 W 25th St Richmond VA 23225 · Swansboro
Aug 10, 2026City record →
308 W 30th St Richmond VA 23225 · Woodland Heights
Aug 10, 2026City record →
935 W Grace St Richmond VA 23220 · VCU
Aug 10, 2026City record →
2310 3rd Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Highland Park Southern Tip
Aug 10, 2026City record →
2424 Barton Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Northern Barton Heights
Aug 10, 2026City record →
3202 Barton Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Brookland Park
Aug 10, 2026City record →
3200 Alvis Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Providence Park
Aug 10, 2026City record →
308 W 30th St Richmond VA 23225 · Woodland Heights
Aug 10, 2026City record →
315 W 31st St Richmond VA 23225 · Woodland Heights
Aug 10, 2026City record →
3630 Richmond Hwy Richmond VA 23234 · Jeff Davis
Aug 10, 2026City record →
2923 Monument Ave Unit 1 Richmond VA 23221 · The Museum District
Aug 10, 2026City record →
2422 Barton Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Northern Barton Heights
Aug 10, 2026City record →
400 W 30th St Richmond VA 23225 · Woodland Heights
Aug 10, 2026City record →
309 W 30th St Richmond VA 23225 · Woodland Heights
Aug 10, 2026City record →
4703 Hanover Ave Richmond VA 23226 · Colonial Place
Aug 7, 2026City record →
3350 Broad Rock Blvd Richmond VA 23224 · Piney Knolls
Aug 7, 2026City record →
3400 Irvington St Richmond VA 23234 · Cherry Gardens
Aug 7, 2026City record →
1441 Broad Rock Blvd Richmond VA 23224 · McGuire
Aug 7, 2026City record →
3312 Rosewood Ave Richmond VA 23221 · Stadium
Aug 7, 2026City record →
5302 Parker St Richmond VA 23231 · Fulton
Aug 7, 2026City record →
1620 N Hamilton St Richmond VA 23230 · Sauer's Gardens
Aug 7, 2026City record →
5233 Media Road Richmond VA 23225 · Westover
Aug 7, 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). 4,436 distinct properties · 16,579 inspection events · 5,745 code cases · 142 neighborhoods, over Aug 13, 2024 – Aug 12, 2026. Last refreshed August 13, 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.