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North Carolina
Wake Forest
Wake Forest crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 24 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Wake Forest for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.
The city violent crime rate for Wake Forest in 2025 was lower than the
national violent crime rate
average by 73.99% and the city property crime rate in Wake Forest was lower than the
national property crime rate
average by 34.6%.
In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Wake Forest was lower than the
violent crime rate in North Carolina
by 74.2% and the city property crime rate in Wake Forest was lower than the
property crime rate in North Carolina
by 43.6%.
Property and Violent Crime
Wake Forest Crime Statistics
Summary Report
2025 Crime (Actual Data)*
Incidents
Aggravated Assault
40
Arson
5
Burglary
50
Larceny and Theft
500
Motor Vehicle Theft
39
Murder and Manslaughter
2
Rape
4
Robbery
4
Crime Rate
(Total Incidents)
626
Property Crime
589
Violent Crime
50
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*
Incidents
Aggravated Assault
63
Arson
3
Burglary
57
Larceny and Theft
461
Motor Vehicle Theft
54
Murder and Manslaughter
2
Rape
6
Robbery
4
Crime Rate
(Total Incidents)
609
Property Crime
572
Violent Crime
84
Property and Violent Crime Totals
Actual versus Projected Crime Totals
City versus State versus National Crime Comparison
* The source of
actual
data on this Wake Forest, 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 Wake Forest crime report data for 2026 was projected from 24 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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