Satellite city view for Richmond, Virginia, Henrico, Chesterfield, Hanover, and the RVA metro with live police, fire, EMS, traffic, camera, medevac or police helicopter, and detailed incident markers.
Active public incidents with the clearest urgency, multi-source confirmation, or public safety impact.
Public source reports Domestic Trouble, Investigate near 600 EDGEHILL RD.
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Public source reports Domestic Trouble, Investigate near 100 HIOAKS RD.
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Lower urgency items that still matter for neighborhood awareness and traffic planning.
Public source reports Merchant Check, Officer Initiated near 1200 BELLEVUE AVE.
Public source reports Burglar Alarm, Investigate near 700 N SHEPPARD ST.
Public source reports Silent E911 Call, Wireless Call near 700 N 2ND ST.
Public source reports Mental Subject, Mental Subject Emergent near 4600 RICHMOND HWY.
Public source reports Disorderly, Investigate near 2900 HATHAWAY RD.
Public source reports Trouble Unknown, Investigate - EMS near 1600 PETERSON DR.
Public source reports Larceny, Investigate near 2300 CHAMBERLAYNE AVE.
Public source reports Person Down, Investigate near E MARSHALL ST/N 21ST ST RICH.
Public source reports Stolen Vehicle, Just Occurred / in Progress near 400 HIOAKS RD.
Public source reports Arv 12:00 Am near 300 Block AIRPORT PL.
Public source reports Arrived 7:59 Am near NUCKOLS RD / GREY OAKS PARK RD.
Public source reports Enroute 8:18 Am near CHARLES CITY RD / WILLIAMSBURG RD.
Public source reports Arrived 8:08 Am near 3800 Block DELMONT ST.
Public source reports Assigned 8:12 Am near 4400 Block SPRINGFIELD RD.
Public source reports Check the Welfare near 20800 WOODPECKER RD.
Public source reports EMS Call near 4900 BLACKBIRD DR.
Public source reports EMS Call near 12000 IRON BRIDGE RD.
Public source reports Medical Event near 4906 Blackbird Drive, Midlothian, VA 23112.
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A man is dead after a late-night shooting on Balmoral Avenue in Henrico. He was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his chest.
At least one person has died and two more were hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Caroline County.
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A patient with a confirmed case of measles spent several days at Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond, prompting a public health alert from state officials.
Five people, including a child, were shot in Petersburg on Saturday night, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett. All victims have non-life-threatening injuries.
A heated exchange during the opening night of CarMax Park last month has escalated into a federal defamation lawsuit, with the managing partner of the Richmond Flying Squirrels suing the head of the Diamond District's real estate developer.
The Virginia Department of Health hosted a free resource fair at Richmond Raceway on Saturday for new and expecting families, featuring health services and more.
Signal RVA is a public Richmond metro live police, fire, traffic, and emergency incident map that turns active calls and public signal into clear public updates. It is built for residents who want fast context without raw private feeds or operator mechanics.
The best police scanner depends on the radio system in your city or county. For many metro areas, shoppers should research scanners that support the local trunked system, P25 digital voice, simulcast performance, and any fire or EMS channels they care about. Encrypted channels cannot be decoded by a consumer scanner, so check a radio database and local agency policy before buying hardware.
The public can often listen to lawfully available, unencrypted public-safety radio traffic or official/public feeds. Access varies by agency, state, feed host, and radio system. Signal RVA uses public summaries and official listen links or embeds only when they are allowed, and it does not publish private playback URLs, captured cookies, or restricted streams.
You can listen to some police, fire, EMS, rail, and aviation feeds on a phone through official agency pages, public feed directories, or scanner apps. Availability is uneven. Feeds may be delayed, offline, removed, or limited, and encrypted traffic will not be available through an app. Signal RVA is designed to provide Richmond context even when audio is unavailable.
In the United States, listening to lawfully available unencrypted radio is generally different from misusing a scanner, using it while committing a crime, intercepting restricted communications, or rebroadcasting restricted audio. State laws vary. In Virginia, for example, the law specifically addresses possession or use of a police-radio receiving device while committing certain crimes. This is not legal advice, check current law and local rules before relying on a scanner.
To find police activity near your neighborhood, start with official active-call pages, city or county police alerts, fire and EMS public incident pages, local news, traffic cameras, and agency social channels. In Richmond, Signal RVA combines public active-call context, map precision labels, source counts, nearby cameras, and update times so residents can see what is happening without needing raw scanner traffic.
Raw 911 call audio is usually not a live public search product. Some jurisdictions publish call-for-service summaries, incident logs, active calls, or public records, and some 911 audio may be available later through a lawful records request with redactions. Signal RVA focuses on public summaries and does not publish private tactical notes, personal details, or restricted audio.
Richmond's crime rate should be read from official annual or weekly crime-stat sources, not from a live incident map alone. The FBI Crime Data Explorer is useful for standardized annual comparisons, while Richmond Police publish local crime-stat and incident information for more current city context. Signal RVA shows live public-safety activity, which is not the same thing as an official crime-rate report.