North Carolina Crime Statistics

Crime data for 206 cities and 79 counties in North Carolina (NC). Data from 536 law enforcement agencies.

Violent Crime Rate

11.7/100K

Property Crime Rate

62/100K

Population

343,551,384

Data Year

2024

Crime Trends

Year	Population	Violent Crime	Rate	Property Crime	Rate
2024	343,551,384	40,265	11.7	213,101	62
2023	338,357,687	41,868	12.4	221,426	65.4
2022	336,746,447	42,543	12.6	218,324	64.8
2021	335,395,039	43,649	13	217,576	64.9
2020	332,726,731	44,866	13.5	231,264	69.5
2019	331,433,049	37,696	11.4	231,840	70
2018	330,362,587	33,060	10	221,998	67.2
2017	329,056,355	32,918	10	234,769	71.3
2016	323,127,513	32,644	10.1	245,019	75.8
2015	321,418,820	30,348	9.4	244,376	76
2014	318,857,056	30,285	9.5	272,619	85.5

Cities in North Carolina

City	Population
Charlotte-Mecklenburg	1,003,130
Raleigh	488,085
Greensboro	304,306
Durham	300,208
Winston-Salem	254,041
Fayetteville	209,945
Cary	181,793
Wilmington	125,101
High Point	117,629
Concord	111,922
Asheville	95,219
Greenville	90,871
Gastonia	85,112
Huntersville	65,752
Chapel Hill	63,906
Burlington	60,906
Kannapolis	60,725
Wake Forest	55,872
Mooresville	54,823
Rocky Mount	54,223
Wilson	47,825
Fuquay-Varina	47,436
Hickory	44,682
Monroe	38,903
Garner	36,720
Salisbury	36,564
Cornelius	33,699
Goldsboro	33,444
Leland	33,162
New Bern	32,548
Morrisville	32,336
Clayton	31,494
Matthews	31,422
Kernersville	28,522
Mint Hill	28,259
Thomasville	27,525
Waxhaw	23,893
Shelby	22,028
Carrboro	21,045
Mebane	20,920
Knightdale	20,557
Boone	20,024
Lexington	19,899
Kinston	19,298
Lumberton	19,087
Elizabeth City	19,064
Graham	18,772
Pinehurst	18,716
Mount Holly	18,581
Lenoir	18,201
Stallings	17,564
Southern Pines	17,092
Havelock	16,574
Wendell	16,281
Belmont	15,672
Hendersonville	15,561
Eden	15,307
Laurinburg	14,994
Henderson	14,791
Reidsville	14,584
Roanoke Rapids	14,497
Davidson	14,332
Newton	13,479
Smithfield	12,852
Lincolnton	12,478
Archdale	12,143
Kings Mountain	12,045
Rolesville	11,884
Elon	11,585
Spring Lake	11,459
Pineville	11,330
Winterville	10,926
Tarboro	10,920
Waynesville	10,813
Mount Airy	10,590
Zebulon	10,356
Morehead City	9,960
Aberdeen	9,795
Hillsborough	9,788
Gibsonville	9,619
Washington	9,616
Oxford	9,032
Rockingham	8,786
Dunn	8,633
Black Mountain	8,564
Clinton	8,300
Roxboro	8,235
Fletcher	8,219
Butner	8,156
Siler City	8,142
Woodfin	8,031
Angier	7,902
Kill Devil Hills	7,817
King	7,680
Marion	7,435
Forest City	7,391
Selma	7,244
Carolina Beach	6,917
Boiling Spring Lakes	6,903
Cherryville	6,342