What is the crime rate in Cary, NC?

In 2025, the Cary Police Department reported 139 violent crimes and 1,785 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 75 violent and 967 property crimes per 100,000 of the 184,680 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: 75
Property per 100,000: 967
Violent crimes: 139
Property crimes: 1,785

Crime reported by the Cary 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	191	104	2,259	1,235	182,878
2024	131	72	2,410	1,326	181,793
2025	139	75	1,785	967	184,680

Violent crimes reported went from 191 in 2023 to 139 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,259 in 2023 to 1,785 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.

Cary against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Cary	75	967
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 Cary, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Cary	—	75	967
Morrisville	3.9 mi	84	2,306
Apex	5.0 mi	53	801
Holly Springs	8.9 mi	89	709
Raleigh	11 mi	395	2,305
Fuquay-Varina	13 mi	76	457
Garner	13 mi	415	3,120
Durham	14 mi	507	3,599
Chapel Hill	16 mi	86	1,779

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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