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Gloucester Point score: 40/100 (Moderate) Updated September 27, 2026

Is Gloucester Point safe? United States travel risk

Is Gloucester Point safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026

Gloucester Point scores 40/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.

Gloucester Point scores 40/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Gloucester Point: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.

Driven by: natural hazards (66/100) and security (35/100).

A score of 40 is higher than 41% of the cities we score.

Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.

Location & Spatial Data

Found at 37.2767° N, 76.5043° W within Virginia, Gloucester Point is situated 186.5 km NNW of Washington at an altitude of 10 m.

Region
Virginia
Coordinates
37.2767° N, 76.5043° W
Elevation
10 m
Time Zone
America/New_York
Population
11,159
Nearest city with evaluated safety score: Virginia Beach (73.0 km SE).

Transit Links & Medical Facilities

Aviation Hub Newport News Williamsburg International Airport (PHF) 16.1 km S
Hospital Care Newport News Behavioral Health 10.7 km SW
Police Station York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office 11.2 km SSE
Railway Terminal Festa Italia 13.1 km WSW

Proximate Regional Communities (United States)

Climate by Month

Hottest: July (30 °C avg high); Wettest: August (133 mm).

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
High °C 9° 11° 14° 19° 24° 28° 30° 30° 27° 22° 16° 11°
Low °C 1° 2° 6° 11° 15° 20° 23° 23° 20° 15° 8° 4°
Rain mm 102 86 90 95 94 117 123 133 100 70 84 99

Normals: Norfolk (47.7 km away).

Natural Hazard Calendar & History

5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)

Hazard Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tropical Cyclones — — — — — — — — 2 — — —

Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Gloucester Point happened in September (2 of 2 in five years).

Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.

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Surrounding Places with Full Dossiers

Newport News 15
19.1 km S
Hampton 15
27.6 km SSE
Norfolk 22
47.7 km SSE
Suffolk 10
65.8 km S
Chesapeake 15
69.0 km SSE
Virginia Beach 55
73.0 km SE

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