What is the crime rate in Raleigh, NC?

In 2025, the Raleigh Police Department reported 2,007 violent crimes and 11,728 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 395 violent and 2,305 property crimes per 100,000 of the 508,719 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: 395
Property per 100,000: 2,305
Violent crimes: 2,007
Property crimes: 11,728

Crime reported by the Raleigh 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	2,573	533	12,665	2,623	482,842
2024	2,399	492	13,854	2,838	488,085
2025	2,007	395	11,728	2,305	508,719

Violent crimes reported went from 2,573 in 2023 to 2,007 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 12,665 in 2023 to 11,728 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.

Raleigh against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Raleigh	395	2,305
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 Raleigh, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Raleigh	—	395	2,305
Knightdale	8.6 mi	200	2,283
Garner	9.9 mi	415	3,120
Cary	11 mi	75	967
Morrisville	11 mi	84	2,306
Rolesville	12 mi	80	337
Wake Forest	12 mi	85	1,021
Apex	15 mi	53	801
Clayton	16 mi	118	1,074

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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