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 24 months, drawn directly from the City's inspection records. Use the buttons below to filter by inspection type.

As of November 13, 2026 · Richmond, VA · Nov 13, 2024 – Nov 12, 2026

Sub-types are the City's own inspection case type. Note that Site Inspection - Code is 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.”

4,106

properties with a confirmed violation

14,781

inspections marked “In Violation”

141

neighborhoods with at least one

99.6%

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	213	680	43.4
Northern Barton Heights	160	697	132.5
Swansboro	145	495	114.2
Swansboro West	124	405	166.7
North Highland Park	122	391	94.4
Highland Park Southern Tip	104	402	97.3
Jackson Ward	100	413	117.5
Brookland Park	90	390	108.8
Jeff Davis	89	238	66.8
Oak Grove	89	361	98.3
The Museum District	87	260	35.2
Ginter Park	85	233	84.1
Carver	79	239	93.3
Bellemeade	75	255	69.4
Church Hill North	72	255	46.5

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.

510 S Sheppard St Richmond VA 23221 · Carillon
Nov 12, 2026City record →
2412 3rd Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Highland Park Southern Tip
Nov 10, 2026City record →
2413 2nd Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Highland Park Southern Tip
Nov 10, 2026City record →
3329 Frank Road Richmond VA 23234 · Davee Gardens
Nov 10, 2026City record →
814 Edgehill Road Richmond VA 23222 · Northern Barton Heights
Nov 10, 2026City record →
1715 Bellevue Ave Apt B106 Richmond VA 23227 · Rosedale
Nov 10, 2026City record →
515 Hancock St Richmond VA 23220 · Carver
Nov 10, 2026City record →
4653 Southwood Pkwy Apt G Richmond VA 23224 · Southwood
Nov 9, 2026City record →
3110 Lamb Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Brookland Park
Nov 9, 2026City record →
3600 Enslow Ave Richmond VA 23222 · North Highland Park
Nov 9, 2026City record →
3009 Hull St Richmond VA 23224 · Swansboro
Nov 9, 2026City record →
2803 Edgewood Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Northern Barton Heights
Nov 9, 2026City record →
3600 Enslow Ave Richmond VA 23222 · North Highland Park
Nov 9, 2026City record →
3100 Hull St Richmond VA 23224 · Broad Rock
Nov 6, 2026City record →
1601 Presson Blvd Richmond VA 23224 · Bellemeade
Nov 6, 2026City record →
3814 Castlewood Road Richmond VA 23234 · Jeff Davis
Nov 6, 2026City record →
3320 Frank Road Richmond VA 23234 · Davee Gardens
Nov 6, 2026City record →
1410 N 31st St Richmond VA 23223 · Church Hill North
Nov 6, 2026City record →
3019 Griffin Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Brookland Park
Nov 6, 2026City record →
1909 Hopkins Road Apt M Richmond VA 23224 · Cofer
Nov 6, 2026City record →
612 Overbrook Road Richmond VA 23222 · Northern Barton Heights
Nov 6, 2026City record →
3317 Mike Road Richmond VA 23234 · Davee Gardens
Nov 6, 2026City record →
1909 Hopkins Road Apt K Richmond VA 23224 · Cofer
Nov 6, 2026City record →
823 E Main St Apt A119 Richmond VA 23219 · Central Office
Nov 6, 2026City record →
1227 Rennie Ave Richmond VA 23227 · Sherwood Park
Nov 5, 2026City record →
905 N 29th St Richmond VA 23223 · Church Hill North
Nov 5, 2026City record →
423 N Davis Ave Richmond VA 23220 · The Fan
Nov 5, 2026City record →
3115 Lamb Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Brookland Park
Nov 5, 2026City record →
3115 Lamb Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Brookland Park
Nov 5, 2026City record →
3024 Lamb Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Brookland Park
Nov 5, 2026City record →
1311 Hull St Apt 101 Richmond VA 23224 · Manchester
Nov 5, 2026City record →
3919 Rusk Ave Richmond VA 23234 · Walmsley
Nov 4, 2026City record →
2715 Hanes Ave Richmond VA 23222 · Northern Barton Heights
Nov 4, 2026City record →
3409 Florida Ave Richmond VA 23222 · North Highland Park
Nov 4, 2026City record →
1224 Parkwood Ave Richmond VA 23220 · The Fan
Nov 4, 2026City record →
2709 Grove Ave Richmond VA 23220 · The Fan
Nov 4, 2026City record →
101 W Broad St Richmond VA 23220 · Monroe Ward
Nov 4, 2026City record →
4304 Warwick Road Richmond VA 23234 · Hickory Hill
Nov 4, 2026City record →
101 W Broad St Richmond VA 23220 · Monroe Ward
Nov 2, 2026City record →
3314 Mike Road Richmond VA 23234 · Davee Gardens
Nov 2, 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 24 months, 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). 4,106 distinct properties · 14,781 inspection events · 5,298 code cases · 141 neighborhoods, over Nov 13, 2024 – Nov 12, 2026. Last refreshed November 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.