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Cornelius Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

Cornelius crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 18 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Cornelius for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Cornelius in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 61.76% and the city property crime rate in Cornelius was lower than the national property crime rate average by 37.85%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Cornelius was lower than the violent crime rate in North Carolina by 62.07% and the city property crime rate in Cornelius was lower than the property crime rate in North Carolina by 46.4%.

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

Cornelius Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault38
Arson2
Burglary63
Larceny and Theft244
Motor Vehicle Theft28
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape2
Robbery3
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)345
Property Crime335
Violent Crime44
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault31
Arson2
Burglary40
Larceny and Theft186
Motor Vehicle Theft28
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape6
Robbery2
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)262
Property Crime252
Violent Crime40

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Cornelius Property Crime

Cornelius Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Cornelius Crime 2025

Cornelius Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Cornelius Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Cornelius Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Cornelius, 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 Cornelius crime report data for 2026 was projected from 18 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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