What is the crime rate in Charlotte, NC?

In 2025, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department reported 5,787 violent crimes and 35,365 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 559 violent and 3,417 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,035,037 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: 559
Property per 100,000: 3,417
Violent crimes: 5,787
Property crimes: 35,365

Crime reported by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg 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	7,108	726	37,735	3,853	979,304
2024	7,354	733	37,303	3,719	1,003,130
2025	5,787	559	35,365	3,417	1,035,037

Violent crimes reported went from 7,108 in 2023 to 5,787 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 37,735 in 2023 to 35,365 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.

Charlotte against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Charlotte	559	3,417
Mecklenburg County	493	3,122
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 Charlotte, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Charlotte	—	559	3,417
Pineville	8.7 mi	703	7,467
Matthews	9.2 mi	98	2,283
Mint Hill	10 mi	122	805
Stallings	12 mi	39	539
Belmont	12 mi	307	2,071
Mount Holly	12 mi	206	1,096
Cramerton	14 mi	53	1,638
Huntersville	14 mi	115	1,097

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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