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Asheville Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

Asheville crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Asheville for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Asheville in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 129.03% and the city property crime rate in Asheville was higher than the national property crime rate average by 183.68%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Asheville was higher than the violent crime rate in North Carolina by 127.15% and the city property crime rate in Asheville was higher than the property crime rate in North Carolina by 144.62%.

Property and Violent Crime
Asheville Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Asheville Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Asheville Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault565
Arson22
Burglary593
Larceny and Theft3,223
Motor Vehicle Theft327
Murder and Manslaughter4
Rape57
Robbery88
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)4,699
Property Crime4,143
Violent Crime714
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault664
Arson35
Burglary551
Larceny and Theft3,271
Motor Vehicle Theft430
Murder and Manslaughter8
Rape82
Robbery97
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)4,807
Property Crime4,251
Violent Crime962

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Asheville Property Crime

Asheville Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Asheville Crime 2025

Asheville Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Asheville Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Asheville Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Asheville, North Carolina crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Asheville crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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