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Wilmington Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

Wilmington crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Wilmington for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Wilmington in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 23.28% and the city property crime rate in Wilmington was higher than the national property crime rate average by 88.55%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Wilmington was higher than the violent crime rate in North Carolina by 22.27% and the city property crime rate in Wilmington was higher than the property crime rate in North Carolina by 62.59%.

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

Wilmington Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault350
Arson9
Burglary481
Larceny and Theft2,916
Motor Vehicle Theft300
Murder and Manslaughter9
Rape54
Robbery103
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)4,471
Property Crime3,697
Violent Crime516
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault378
Arson12
Burglary251
Larceny and Theft3,100
Motor Vehicle Theft336
Murder and Manslaughter8
Rape73
Robbery74
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)4,461
Property Crime3,687
Violent Crime682

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Wilmington Property Crime

Wilmington Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Wilmington Crime 2025

Wilmington Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Wilmington Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Wilmington Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Wilmington, 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 Wilmington crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 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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