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Cary Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

Cary crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Cary for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Cary in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 77.19% and the city property crime rate in Cary was lower than the national property crime rate average by 37.38%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Cary was lower than the violent crime rate in North Carolina by 77.38% and the city property crime rate in Cary was lower than the property crime rate in North Carolina by 46%.

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

Cary Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault97
Arson8
Burglary131
Larceny and Theft1,494
Motor Vehicle Theft150
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape24
Robbery16
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,846
Property Crime1,775
Violent Crime138
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault117
Arson8
Burglary160
Larceny and Theft1,751
Motor Vehicle Theft250
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape19
Robbery13
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,231
Property Crime2,160
Violent Crime172

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Cary Property Crime

Cary Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Cary Crime 2025

Cary Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Cary Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Cary Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Cary, 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 Cary crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 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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