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New Bern Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

New Bern crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 23 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in New Bern for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for New Bern in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 13.44% and the city property crime rate in New Bern was higher than the national property crime rate average by 9.52%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in New Bern was higher than the violent crime rate in North Carolina by 12.5% and the city property crime rate in New Bern was lower than the property crime rate in North Carolina by 5.56%.

Property and Violent Crime
New Bern Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
New Bern Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

New Bern Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault112
Arson2
Burglary95
Larceny and Theft479
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Murder and Manslaughter4
Rape6
Robbery8
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)812
Property Crime588
Violent Crime130
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault115
Arson1
Burglary101
Larceny and Theft352
Motor Vehicle Theft24
Murder and Manslaughter5
Rape10
Robbery1
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)702
Property Crime478
Violent Crime157

Property and Violent Crime Totals

New Bern Property Crime

New Bern Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

New Bern Crime 2025

New Bern Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

New Bern Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

New Bern Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this New Bern, 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 New Bern crime report data for 2026 was projected from 23 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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