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Clayton Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

Clayton crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 22 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Clayton for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Clayton in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 65% and the city property crime rate in Clayton was lower than the national property crime rate average by 30.2%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Clayton was lower than the violent crime rate in North Carolina by 65.28% and the city property crime rate in Clayton was lower than the property crime rate in North Carolina by 39.81%.

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

Clayton Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault31
Arson0
Burglary34
Larceny and Theft298
Motor Vehicle Theft23
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape2
Robbery3
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)389
Property Crime355
Violent Crime38
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault40
Arson2
Burglary12
Larceny and Theft377
Motor Vehicle Theft43
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape5
Robbery3
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)465
Property Crime431
Violent Crime53

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Clayton Property Crime

Clayton Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Clayton Crime 2025

Clayton Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Clayton Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Clayton Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Clayton, 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 Clayton crime report data for 2026 was projected from 22 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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