What is the crime rate in Wake Forest, NC?

In 2025, the Wake Forest Police Department reported 50 violent crimes and 599 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 85 violent and 1,021 property crimes per 100,000 of the 58,676 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: 85
Property per 100,000: 1,021
Violent crimes: 50
Property crimes: 599

Crime reported by the Wake Forest 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	83	158	838	1,593	52,609
2024	82	147	734	1,314	55,872
2025	50	85	599	1,021	58,676

Violent crimes reported went from 83 in 2023 to 50 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 838 in 2023 to 599 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.

Wake Forest against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Wake Forest	85	1,021
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 Wake Forest, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Wake Forest	—	85	1,021
Rolesville	4.4 mi	80	337
Youngsville	5.2 mi	163	2,036
Franklinton	10 mi	285	3,279
Raleigh	12 mi	395	2,305
Knightdale	12 mi	200	2,283
Creedmoor	14 mi	216	846
Zebulon	15 mi	379	2,179
Wendell	15 mi	99	1,021

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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