What is the crime rate in Leland, NC?

In 2025, the Leland Police Department reported 47 violent crimes and 265 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 126 violent and 711 property crimes per 100,000 of the 37,268 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: 126
Property per 100,000: 711
Violent crimes: 47
Property crimes: 265

Crime reported by the Leland 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	30	96	160	511	31,297
2024	32	96	326	983	33,162
2025	47	126	265	711	37,268

Violent crimes reported went from 30 in 2023 to 47 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 160 in 2023 to 265 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.

Leland against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Leland	126	711
Brunswick County	199	1,120
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 Leland, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Leland	—	126	711
Navassa	4.8 mi	163	760
Wilmington	9.0 mi	405	2,915
Northwest	9.1 mi	386	1,639
Boiling Spring Lakes	12 mi	187	1,020
Wrightsville Beach	14 mi	292	3,087
Carolina Beach	14 mi	331	1,325

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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