What is the crime rate in Clayton, NC?

In 2025, the Clayton Police Department reported 39 violent crimes and 356 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 118 violent and 1,074 property crimes per 100,000 of the 33,135 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: 118
Property per 100,000: 1,074
Violent crimes: 39
Property crimes: 356

Crime reported by the Clayton 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	43	139	482	1,558	30,929
2024	53	168	404	1,283	31,494
2025	39	118	356	1,074	33,135

Violent crimes reported went from 43 in 2023 to 39 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 482 in 2023 to 356 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.

Clayton against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Clayton	118	1,074
Johnston County	133	1,033
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 Clayton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Clayton	—	118	1,074
Wilson's Mills	6.8 mi	399	1,329
Knightdale	9.7 mi	200	2,283
Garner	9.7 mi	415	3,120
Smithfield	11 mi	288	3,889
Wendell	11 mi	99	1,021
Selma	12 mi	563	2,667
Zebulon	14 mi	379	2,179
Four Oaks	15 mi	393	1,823

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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