What is the crime rate in Chapel Hill, NC?

In 2025, the Chapel Hill Police Department reported 57 violent crimes and 1,173 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 86 violent and 1,779 property crimes per 100,000 of the 65,938 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: 86
Property per 100,000: 1,779
Violent crimes: 57
Property crimes: 1,173

Crime reported by the Chapel Hill 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	118	181	1,687	2,593	65,066
2024	112	175	1,613	2,524	63,906
2025	57	86	1,173	1,779	65,938

Violent crimes reported went from 118 in 2023 to 57 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,687 in 2023 to 1,173 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.

Chapel Hill against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Chapel Hill	86	1,779
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 Chapel Hill, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Chapel Hill	—	86	1,779
Carrboro	2.6 mi	262	1,931
Durham	8.7 mi	507	3,599
Hillsborough	11 mi	204	2,755
Morrisville	13 mi	84	2,306
Pittsboro	15 mi	196	1,824
Cary	16 mi	75	967
Apex	17 mi	53	801
Mebane	17 mi	371	2,609

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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