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Raleigh Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

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

The city violent crime rate for Raleigh in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 19.58% and the city property crime rate in Raleigh was higher than the national property crime rate average by 49.18%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Raleigh was higher than the violent crime rate in North Carolina by 18.6% and the city property crime rate in Raleigh was higher than the property crime rate in North Carolina by 28.64%.

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

Raleigh Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,415
Arson42
Burglary1,523
Larceny and Theft8,555
Motor Vehicle Theft1,570
Murder and Manslaughter25
Rape177
Robbery376
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)13,679
Property Crime11,648
Violent Crime1,993
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,745
Arson35
Burglary848
Larceny and Theft8,269
Motor Vehicle Theft1,792
Murder and Manslaughter29
Rape187
Robbery346
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)12,924
Property Crime10,893
Violent Crime2,307

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Raleigh Property Crime

Raleigh Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Raleigh Crime 2025

Raleigh Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Raleigh Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Raleigh Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Raleigh, 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 Raleigh 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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