Raleigh, NC crime rate
In 2025 the Raleigh Police Department reported 394.5 violent crimes and 2,305.4 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for North Carolina and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Murder, 2022: unusual change, check the source. 2021: 26, 2022: 45, 2023: 28 (over 160% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2022 are not shown.
How does Raleigh compare with North Carolina and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Raleigh only.
What offenses were reported in Raleigh, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | North Carolina | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 2,007 | 394.5 | 330.3 | 327.6 | down 19.7% | down 16.0% |
| Murder | 25 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 0.0% | down 9.3% |
| Rape | 181 | 35.6 | 26.1 | 36.1 | down 5.1% | down 1.4% |
| Robbery | 379 | 74.5 | 40.8 | 49.4 | down 14.5% | down 26.7% |
| Aggravated assault | 1,422 | 279.5 | 256.9 | 238.0 | down 22.8% | down 14.3% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 11,728 | 2,305.4 | 1,779.9 | 1,534.8 | down 18.8% | up 7.0% |
| Burglary | 1,529 | 300.6 | 303.9 | 193.6 | up 7.6% | up 8.3% |
| Larceny-theft | 8,582 | 1,687.0 | 1,272.3 | 1,144.1 | down 18.5% | up 2.5% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1,575 | 309.6 | 203.6 | 197.0 | down 35.9% | up 38.4% |
| Arson | 42 | 8.3 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 12.2% | 0.0% |
Reported = offenses known to the Raleigh Police Department and sent to the FBI. North Carolina and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Raleigh | United States | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 469.5 | 387.0 | 419.5 |
| 2022 | 507.8 | 388.7 | 285.7 |
| 2023 | 532.9 | 379.5 | 393.5 |
| 2024 | 491.5 | 362.9 | 379.2 |
| 2025 | 394.5 | 327.6 | 330.3 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Raleigh | United States | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,155.1 | 1,832.3 | 2,087.2 |
| 2022 | 2,375.8 | 1,973.8 | 2,007.8 |
| 2023 | 2,623.0 | 1,934.1 | 2,070.7 |
| 2024 | 2,838.4 | 1,761.1 | 1,978.3 |
| 2025 | 2,305.4 | 1,534.8 | 1,779.9 |
Is Raleigh safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Raleigh Police Department reported, 394.5 per 100,000 residents, was higher than North Carolina's 330.3, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 19.7% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
In 2025 the Raleigh Police Department had 2,007 violent crimes reported to the FBI, a rate of 394.5 per 100,000 residents covered by the Raleigh Police Department. Raleigh's rate was 1.2 times the North Carolina estimate of 330.3 and also 1.2 times the US rate of 327.6. The property crime rate, 2,305.4 per 100,000, was 1.3 times the state's 1,779.9 and 1.5 times the national 1,534.8.
Violent crime fell 19.7% from 2024 and 16.0% from 2021, when it was 469.5. Aggravated assault fell the most of the violent offenses in the last year, 22.8%, and robbery fell the most since 2021, 26.7%. The murder rate was 4.9 per 100,000, or 25 homicides, against 6.5 for the state.
The 2022 murder count is flagged as an unusual change, so it is not compared. Property crime fell 18.8% from 2024 to 2025. Measured from 2021, when the rate was 2,155.1, property crime is up 7.0%.
Motor vehicle theft rose the most of the property offenses from 2021 to 2025, 38.4%. From 2024 to 2025, motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses, 35.9%, to 309.6 per 100,000. Burglary rose 7.6% from 2024 and 8.3% from 2021.
The department reported all 12 months in each of the 5 years shown and switched to NIBRS in 2019. The Durham County and Wake County sheriff's offices, North Carolina State University police and Raleigh-Durham International Airport report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 1.65 per 1,000 residents (713 officers, 125 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other North Carolina cities
The nearest North Carolina cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Raleigh Police Department (ORI NC0920100), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, North Carolina and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Raleigh Police Department (NC0920100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0920100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Raleigh Police Department (NC0920100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0920100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Raleigh Police Department (NC0920100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0920100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Raleigh Police Department (NC0920100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0920100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Raleigh Police Department (NC0920100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0920100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Raleigh Police Department (NC0920100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0920100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Raleigh Police Department (NC0920100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0920100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Raleigh Police Department (NC0920100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0920100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Raleigh Police Department (NC0920100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0920100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Raleigh Police Department (NC0920100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0920100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Raleigh Police Department (NC0920100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_NC0920100__from-2021-to-2025.json)