CurrentCrimeMap

Data through August 2026, Fayetteville Police Department

Crime in Fayetteville, NC

The violent crime rate in Fayetteville is 563 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, 29% above the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −16% compared with the previous 12 months.

Fayetteville, NC Downtown Skyline.
Photo: City of Fayetteville, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The numbers

12 months to Aug 2026

Violent crime

563 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,178 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−16% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

2,608 per 100,000 residents, per year

5,455 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−8% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

3,171 per 100,000 residents, per year

6,633 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 209,151, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Counted the FBI's way, the same for every city: violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. Simple assault is not counted as violent. How we count

Where Fayetteville sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

563

Fayetteville has the 84th-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 218 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

The ring is Fayetteville; the tick is the average of all 302 cities and county areas.

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Spokane, WA58179
Rochester, NY58180
Boston, MA57581
Charleston, WV56882
Riverside, CA56883
Fayetteville, NC56384
Modesto, CA55585
Dallas, TX54986
Anaheim, CA54687
Oxnard, CA53988
Lowell, MA53689

The places closest to Fayetteville in the ranking, highest rate first. See all 302 cities and county areas

Fayetteville crime map

cities around it
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SaferHigher rateViolent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, for each whole city. The colors are not crime locations.

The FBI publishes citywide totals from Fayetteville Police Department, not where each crime happened, so this map fills Fayetteville, NC and the 8 covered cities around it with each one’s whole-city rate instead of plotting crimes.

Of the 8 covered cities nearest Fayetteville, 3 have a higher violent crime rate and 5 a lower one. The closest is Cary, NC, 49 miles away.

Fayetteville and the covered places nearest to it, with each one’s violent crime rate and distance
PlaceViolent per 100kDistance
Fayetteville, NC563
Cary, NC5849 mi
Raleigh, NC38355 mi
Durham, NC51362 mi
Greensboro, NC70285 mi
Wilmington, NC37886 mi
Winston-Salem, NC725101 mi
Charlotte, NC499105 mi
Columbia, SC699131 mi
About the colors and distances

Colors use the same scale as the rest of the site, from the lowest to the highest violent crime rate among the 302 cities and county areas we cover. City outlines from the U.S. Census Bureau. Distances are straight-line, between city centers.

Reported crime by type

12 months to Aug 2026
  • RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent, 163 reported78−27% vs. a year ago
  • HomicideViolent, 20 reported9.6−59% vs. a year ago
  • TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty, 3,117 reported1,490−4% vs. a year ago
  • Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty, 1,111 reported531−6% vs. a year ago
  • BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty, 688 reported329−8% vs. a year ago
  • Vehicle theftProperty, 509 reported243−29% vs. a year ago
See the table
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
RobberyViolent16378—−27%
HomicideViolent209.6—−59%
TheftProperty3,1171,490—−4%
Theft from vehiclesProperty1,111531—−6%
BurglaryProperty688329—−8%
Vehicle theftProperty509243—−29%
About these categories

Homicide, robbery, burglary, theft and vehicle theft come from the same reports Fayetteville Police Department sends the FBI. Theft from vehicles is NIBRS codes 23F and 23G (items and parts taken from a vehicle) and theft is the rest of larceny. Robbery is part of violent crime and the others of property crime; assault and rape count in violent crime but are not listed separately, so the rows do not add up to the totals. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Against other places of 100,000+ residents: vehicle theft (75th highest rate of 155), robbery (55th highest rate of 152) and burglary (43rd highest rate of 168).

Month by month

Sep 2025 to Aug 2026

Violent crime −16%

050100150200SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug91123
Violent crimes per month in Fayetteville, NC, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Sep 2025105Sep 2024179
Oct 202596Oct 2024124
Nov 2025131Nov 202495
Dec 202569Dec 2024120
Jan 202663Jan 2025118
Feb 202693Feb 202594
Mar 2026110Mar 202580
Apr 2026124Apr 2025124
May 202692May 2025104
Jun 2026106Jun 2025113
Jul 202698Jul 2025127
Aug 202691Aug 2025123

Homicides −59%

0246810SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug08
Homicides per month in Fayetteville, NC, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Sep 20253Sep 20243
Oct 20250Oct 20246
Nov 20252Nov 20241
Dec 20251Dec 20245
Jan 20268Jan 20256
Feb 20262Feb 20255
Mar 20262Mar 20252
Apr 20261Apr 20257
May 20260May 20253
Jun 20260Jun 20252
Jul 20261Jul 20251
Aug 20260Aug 20258

14 in 2026 through August, 34 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Sep 2023
Reported crime per month in Fayetteville, NC
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Aug 2026913280
Jul 2026984641
Jun 20261064520
May 2026925050
Apr 20261244871
Mar 20261104492
Feb 2026933962
Jan 2026634398
Dec 2025694881
Nov 20251314602
Oct 2025964820
Sep 20251055053
Aug 20251235258
Jul 20251275891
Jun 20251134892
May 20251045533
Apr 20251245147
Mar 2025804762
Feb 2025943915
Jan 20251184426
Dec 20241204905
Nov 2024954601
Oct 20241245086
Sep 20241795033
Aug 20241075771
Jul 20241276161
Jun 20241075735
May 20241197054
Apr 20241125190
Mar 20241225750
Feb 2024994901
Jan 20241296004
Dec 20231065922
Nov 20231385392
Oct 20231336109
Sep 20231125733

How Fayetteville compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
3Little Rock, AR1,4634,090205,320Jul 2026
61Des Moines, IA6612,257212,933Sep 2026
70Tallahassee, FL6332,444206,918Aug 2026
77Worcester, MA6001,433212,985Jan 2026
80Rochester, NY5812,554206,391Jun 2026
84Fayetteville, NC5632,608209,151Aug 2026
178Hawaii County, HI (County Police)3021,815210,328May 2026
198Yonkers, NY249781211,056Aug 2026
202Hernando County, FL (Sheriff)245644210,286Aug 2026
220Grand Prairie, TX2231,212210,147Aug 2026

The 10 places closest to Fayetteville in population, Fayetteville included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
50Winston-Salem, NC7252,821257,431Jun 2026
54Greensboro, NC7022,980310,328Dec 2025
84Fayetteville, NC5632,608209,151Aug 2026
98Durham, NC5133,439307,140Aug 2026
102Charlotte, NC4993,0181,035,037Sep 2026
137Raleigh, NC3832,132508,719Aug 2026
141Wilmington, NC3782,893127,752Sep 2026
298Cary, NC58700184,680Oct 2026

All 8 places in North Carolina on this site, highest violent crime rate first.

Nearby

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
50Winston-Salem, NC7252,821257,431Jun 2026
54Greensboro, NC7022,980310,328Dec 2025
55Columbia, SC6992,910147,021Aug 2026
69North Charleston, SC6333,007128,751Jul 2026
84Fayetteville, NC5632,608209,151Aug 2026
98Durham, NC5133,439307,140Aug 2026
102Charlotte, NC4993,0181,035,037Sep 2026
137Raleigh, NC3832,132508,719Aug 2026
141Wilmington, NC3782,893127,752Sep 2026
298Cary, NC58700184,680Oct 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to Fayetteville by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare Fayetteville side by side with Cary, Winston-Salem or Durham, or with any other place.

Other cities in North Carolina

7 city pages, closest first

North Carolina as a whole has 312 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026; Fayetteville’s rate is 81% above the state’s.

CaryRaleighDurhamGreensboroWilmingtonWinston-SalemCharlotte

All 8 cities in North Carolina

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Fayetteville safe?

By reported violent crime, Fayetteville is well above the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 563 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, −16% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood, so the citywide figure is only a starting point.

Is there a crime map for Fayetteville?

This site does not have one for Fayetteville. The figures on this page come from the FBI, which receives city totals rather than locations, so CurrentCrimeMap shows how Fayetteville compares with nearby places such as Cary, NC instead of a street-level map.

What is the crime rate in Fayetteville?

563 violent and 2,608 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 6,633 incidents reported to Fayetteville Police Department over the 12 months to August 2026. Violent crime includes 163 robberies (property taken by force or threat); property crime includes 688 burglaries, 1,111 thefts from vehicles and 3,117 other thefts.

Is crime in Fayetteville going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −16% and property crime −8% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Fayetteville had in 2026?

Fayetteville Police Department reported 14 homicides from January to August 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 34 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Aug 2026 the count was 20, or 10 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Fayetteville Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset NC0260100). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting Fayetteville

12 months to August 2026
What most people ask aboutReportedPer 100kvs. the 12 months before
RobberyTaking property by force or threat16378−27%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to steal688329−8%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins included1,111531−6%
Vehicle theft509243−29%

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, so busy downtowns and tourist areas look worse than they are for the people who visit them.

The official source is FBI Crime Data Explorer. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

NC0260100
Source
Fayetteville Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset NC0260100)
Latest complete month
August 2026
History on this site
September 2023 to August 2026 (44 months)
Update schedule
Fayetteville Police Department reports monthly to the FBI under the national NIBRS standard. We refresh every morning and publish the most recent 12 months the agency has reported in full.
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Monthly counts by offense (JSON)