Social Environment Priority Areas

Greater Hampton Roads communities have identified the following priorities for improving social environment outcomes in the region. Click on the goals buttons below to see our objectives and selected indicators. More information on how we are doing in all the social environment indicators as well as specific information for each city and county can be found on the Community Dashboard. 

All goals with hyperlinks relate to indicators for the South Hampton Roads region only, however, we are working to incorporate indicators from the Peninsula. These indicators are compared to their prior year value; the green icons represent improvement and red icons represent a decline from the previous year.

Please help us develop the priorities for GHR Connects! Submit your recommendations at the Contact Us page. 

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Goal 1: Residents are engaged in their communities

Objective 1.1: Increase the number of residents involved in community activities
 
Objective 1.2: Increase the number of residents registered and engaged in the political process
 
Objective 1.3: Decrease the number of residents social isolated from their communities
 
See Related Indicators:
 
Note: Additional indicators are available at the city and county level for "Linguistic isolation" and "Social associations." You may access these indicators by clicking the following links and changing the location to your geographic area of interest.  

Goal 2: Residents feel safe in their communities

Objective 2.1: Decrease the rate of violent and non-violent crime
 
Objective 2.2: Decrease the rate of preventable car collisions and motor vehicle deaths
 
Objective 2.3: Decrease the rate of child abuse
 
See Related Indicators: 
Note: Additional indicators are available at the city and county level for "Age-adjusted homicide rate," "Violent crime rate," "Death rate due to motor vehicle collisions," and "Alcohol-impaired driving deaths." You may access these indicators by clicking the following links and changing the location to your geographic area of interest.