Fuquay-Varina, NC is safer than most U.S. cities, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 80% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Fuquay-Varina, NC shows violent crime at 69.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 579.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 80% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
69.6/100K violent
579.7/100K property
-80% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Fuquay-Varina, NC
Position in the state cohort
Fuquay-Varina reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina cities
At 69.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Fuquay-Varina ranks 179 of 206 — above 27 of the 205 other North Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -75.6% against the cohort median of 285.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Comparable rate records
Fuquay-Varina's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the North Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Fuquay-Varina's 69.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Cary (71.0), Fletcher (73.0), Weldon (73.3), West Jefferson (74.6). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 83.6% of reported property offenses in Fuquay-Varina, against a cohort median of 74.5%. The remainder is burglary (30) and motor vehicle theft (15). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 71.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 69.6 in 2024 (-2.9%). The highest observed value was 94.1 in 2021 and the lowest 61.0 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Fuquay-Varina's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Fuquay-Varina's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 19.4 Census sq mi, Fuquay-Varina logged 14.2 property and 1.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Fuquay-Varina's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (75% of 308 offenses; mix index 5,753).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (19.4 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+14.1%
61 → 69.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
-3.5%
600.7 → 579.7/100K
Property offenses lead Fuquay-Varina's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs NC
vs US avg
Property Crime
275
579.7
1929.5
1711
Larceny-Theft
230
484.9
-
-
Burglary
30
63.2
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
15
31.6
-
-
Arson
1
2.1
-
-
Violent Crime
33
69.6
364.6
352
Aggravated Assault
22
46.4
-
-
Rape
6
12.6
-
-
Robbery
5
10.5
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Fuquay-Varina Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Fuquay-Varina property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Fuquay-Varina Police Department
Reporting agency for Fuquay-Varina NIBRS-participating
Fuquay-Varina Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Fuquay-Varina's 308 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in North Carolina
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Fuquay-Varina at 69.6/100K violent and 579.7/100K property - matched below outside North Carolina (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Fuquay-Varina reported 33 violent crimes and 275 property crimes, for a total of 308 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Fuquay-Varina?
From 2023 to 2024, Fuquay-Varina's violent crime rate increased by 14.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 3.5%.
What is the most common crime in Fuquay-Varina?
The most common crime type in Fuquay-Varina is larceny-theft, accounting for 74.7% of all reported crimes (230 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Fuquay-Varina figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Fuquay-Varina, NC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.