Hampton Roads Trick-or-Treat Guidelines

Wondering what ages can Trick-or-Treat and what the local rules are? Here are the Hampton Roads Trick or Treating Guidelines with links to the full policies (or where they – or any adjustments – will likely be posted closer to Halloween). Please check the links for the most current updates!

Chesapeake– Trick-or-Treating for kids up to age 14, from 6 pm until 8 pm.

• Chesapeake Police staff will focus on making sure the evening is safe for everyone, not actively seeking out violations of the time or age limits. For example, a 15-year-old safely trick-or-treating with a younger sibling is unlikely to encounter any issues. That same child taking pumpkins from porches and smashing them in the street is more likely to. The City’s trick-or-treat ordinance was updated in 2019 when the City Council voted to remove the (never-before-used) penalty of jail time and to raise the age limit to 14, making it one of the least restrictive ordinances in all of Hampton Roads.

Hampton– Trick-or-Treating for ages 12 and younger from dusk until 8 pm.

Newport News – Trick-or-Treating for ages 12 and under, no later than 8 pm. Accompanying adults may not wear masks.

Norfolk – Trick-or-Treating for ages 12 and under. Trick-or-treaters must be off the street by 8:00 p.m. Check for updated media release here.

Poquoson – Trick-or-Treating for ages 12 and under from 6 pm to 8 pm. 

Portsmouth– Trick-or-Treating for ages 12 and under, no later than 8 pm.

Suffolk– Trick-or-Treating for ages 12 and under until 8 pm. Check for updated media release here.

Virginia Beach – Trick-or-Treat begins at dusk and ends at 8:00 p.m. for children 12 years of age and younger. Check for updated media release here.

Williamsburg– Trick-or-Treat for ages 12 and under from 6-8 pm.

York County – Trick-or-Treating will end at 8:00 p.m. Children age 12 or younger may trick-or-treat and should be accompanied by an adult.

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