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Wake Forest Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

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 Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Wake Forest Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Wake Forest Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault40
Arson5
Burglary50
Larceny and Theft500
Motor Vehicle Theft39
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape4
Robbery4
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)626
Property Crime589
Violent Crime50
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault63
Arson3
Burglary57
Larceny and Theft461
Motor Vehicle Theft54
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape6
Robbery4
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)609
Property Crime572
Violent Crime84

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Wake Forest Property Crime

Wake Forest Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Wake Forest Crime 2025

Wake Forest Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Wake Forest Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Wake Forest Violent Crime vs. State and National 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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