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Fayetteville Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

Fayetteville crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 25 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Fayetteville for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Fayetteville in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 82.71% and the city property crime rate in Fayetteville was higher than the national property crime rate average by 78.5%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Fayetteville was higher than the violent crime rate in North Carolina by 81.21% and the city property crime rate in Fayetteville was higher than the property crime rate in North Carolina by 53.93%.

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

Fayetteville Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault955
Arson26
Burglary734
Larceny and Theft4,358
Motor Vehicle Theft638
Murder and Manslaughter33
Rape57
Robbery207
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)6,453
Property Crime5,730
Violent Crime1,252
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,522
Arson57
Burglary518
Larceny and Theft3,960
Motor Vehicle Theft662
Murder and Manslaughter40
Rape78
Robbery171
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)5,863
Property Crime5,140
Violent Crime1,891

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Fayetteville Property Crime

Fayetteville Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Fayetteville Crime 2025

Fayetteville Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Fayetteville Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Fayetteville Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Fayetteville, 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 Fayetteville crime report data for 2026 was projected from 25 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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