What is the crime rate in Matthews, NC?

In 2025, the Matthews Police Department reported 32 violent crimes and 747 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 98 violent and 2,283 property crimes per 100,000 of the 32,715 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: 98
Property per 100,000: 2,283
Violent crimes: 32
Property crimes: 747

Crime reported by the Matthews 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	72	237	912	2,997	30,433
2024	58	185	836	2,661	31,422
2025	32	98	747	2,283	32,715

Violent crimes reported went from 72 in 2023 to 32 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 912 in 2023 to 747 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.

Matthews against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Matthews	98	2,283
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 Matthews, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Matthews	—	98	2,283
Stallings	2.9 mi	39	539
Mint Hill	5.1 mi	122	805
Charlotte	9.2 mi	559	3,417
Pineville	11 mi	703	7,467
Monroe	12 mi	530	2,333
Waxhaw	13 mi	46	357
Fort Mill	15 mi	30	522
Tega Cay	18 mi	75	613

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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