What is the crime rate in Kannapolis, NC?

In 2025, the Kannapolis Police Department reported 105 violent crimes and 937 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 170 violent and 1,514 property crimes per 100,000 of the 61,883 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: 170
Property per 100,000: 1,514
Violent crimes: 105
Property crimes: 937

Crime reported by the Kannapolis 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	128	227	1,126	1,994	56,479
2024	103	170	1,091	1,797	60,725
2025	105	170	937	1,514	61,883

Violent crimes reported went from 128 in 2023 to 105 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,126 in 2023 to 937 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.

Kannapolis against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Kannapolis	170	1,514
Cabarrus County	114	948
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 Kannapolis, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Kannapolis	—	170	1,514
Landis	5.1 mi	181	1,059
Concord	6.0 mi	117	930
China Grove	7.4 mi	43	838
Davidson	10 mi	24	282
Mooresville	13 mi	247	1,911
Cornelius	14 mi	125	960
Huntersville	14 mi	115	1,097
Granite Quarry	14 mi	159	1,180

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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