What is the crime rate in Carrboro, NC?

In 2025, the Carrboro Police Department reported 55 violent crimes and 406 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 262 violent and 1,931 property crimes per 100,000 of the 21,029 residents it serves.

Across North Carolina the rates were 334 and 1,815.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 262
Property per 100,000: 1,931
Violent crimes: 55
Property crimes: 406

Crime reported by the Carrboro Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	59	277	498	2,338	21,298
2024	38	181	410	1,948	21,045
2025	55	262	406	1,931	21,029

Violent crimes reported went from 59 in 2023 to 55 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 498 in 2023 to 406 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Carrboro against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Carrboro	262	1,931
North Carolina	334	1,815
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Carrboro, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Carrboro	—	262	1,931
Chapel Hill	2.6 mi	86	1,779
Hillsborough	10 mi	204	2,755
Durham	11 mi	507	3,599
Pittsboro	14 mi	196	1,824
Mebane	15 mi	371	2,609
Morrisville	15 mi	84	2,306
Cary	18 mi	75	967
Apex	18 mi	53	801

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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