CurrentCrimeMap

Data through August 2026, Raleigh Police Department

Crime in Raleigh, NC

The violent crime rate in Raleigh is 383 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, 12% below the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −12% compared with the previous 12 months.

The Raleigh skyline as viewed from Dorothea Dix Park.
Photo: Abhiram Juvvadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped

The numbers

12 months to Aug 2026

Violent crime

383 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,948 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−12% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

2,132 per 100,000 residents, per year

10,844 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−16% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

2,515 per 100,000 residents, per year

12,792 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 508,719, 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 Raleigh sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

383

Raleigh has the 137th-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 165 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

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

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Lincoln, NE391132
Las Vegas, NV390133
New Haven, CT388134
San Diego, CA385135
Pocatello, ID383136
Raleigh, NC383137
Glendale, AZ379138
Burlington, VT379139
Salem, OR378140
Wilmington, NC378141
Jackson, MS373142

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

Raleigh 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 Raleigh Police Department, not where each crime happened, so this map fills Raleigh and the 8 covered cities around it with each one’s whole-city rate instead of plotting crimes.

Of the 8 covered cities nearest Raleigh, 6 have a higher violent crime rate and 2 a lower one. The closest is Cary, NC, 11 miles away.

Raleigh and the covered places nearest to it, with each one’s violent crime rate and distance
PlaceViolent per 100kDistance
Raleigh, NC383
Cary, NC5811 mi
Durham, NC51318 mi
Fayetteville, NC56355 mi
Greensboro, NC70269 mi
Winston-Salem, NC72592 mi
Wilmington, NC378120 mi
Charlotte, NC499130 mi
Richmond, VA411134 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, 356 reported70−14% vs. a year ago
  • HomicideViolent, 15 reported2.9−37% vs. a year ago
  • TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty, 5,523 reported1,086−11% vs. a year ago
  • Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty, 2,574 reported506−24% vs. a year ago
  • Vehicle theftProperty, 1,383 reported272−28% vs. a year ago
  • BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty, 1,309 reported257−10% vs. a year ago
See the table
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
RobberyViolent35670—−14%
HomicideViolent152.9—−37%
TheftProperty5,5231,086—−11%
Theft from vehiclesProperty2,574506—−24%
Vehicle theftProperty1,383272—−28%
BurglaryProperty1,309257—−10%
About these categories

Homicide, robbery, burglary, theft and vehicle theft come from the same reports Raleigh 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 (64th highest rate of 155), robbery (62nd highest rate of 152) and burglary (58th highest rate of 168).

Month by month

Sep 2025 to Aug 2026

Violent crime −12%

0100200300SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug154188
Violent crimes per month in Raleigh, NC, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Sep 2025151Sep 2024242
Oct 2025210Oct 2024201
Nov 2025157Nov 2024191
Dec 2025116Dec 2024213
Jan 2026149Jan 2025128
Feb 2026159Feb 2025125
Mar 2026156Mar 2025196
Apr 2026167Apr 2025162
May 2026186May 2025205
Jun 2026165Jun 2025195
Jul 2026178Jul 2025174
Aug 2026154Aug 2025188

Homicides −37%

0246SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug12
Homicides per month in Raleigh, NC, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Sep 20251Sep 20241
Oct 20252Oct 20241
Nov 20252Nov 20241
Dec 20251Dec 20242
Jan 20261Jan 20255
Feb 20261Feb 20251
Mar 20261Mar 20254
Apr 20262Apr 20252
May 20260May 20252
Jun 20261Jun 20252
Jul 20262Jul 20251
Aug 20261Aug 20252

9 in 2026 through August, 19 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Sep 2023
Reported crime per month in Raleigh, NC
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Aug 20261548181
Jul 20261788602
Jun 20261659321
May 20261861,0100
Apr 20261679802
Mar 20261561,0031
Feb 20261598781
Jan 20261498261
Dec 20251168131
Nov 20251579332
Oct 20252109062
Sep 20251518851
Aug 20251881,1522
Jul 20251741,0481
Jun 20251951,0182
May 20252051,1312
Apr 20251629322
Mar 20251969664
Feb 20251258511
Jan 20251281,0905
Dec 20242131,1852
Nov 20241911,2071
Oct 20242011,2471
Sep 20242421,1481
Aug 20242251,3123
Jul 20242271,3561
Jun 20242221,0751
May 20241921,0421
Apr 20241739984
Mar 20241781,1520
Feb 20241741,0816
Jan 20241611,0513
Dec 20232041,1284
Nov 20231731,0603
Oct 20232171,1634
Sep 20232181,0532

How Raleigh compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
5Kansas City, MO1,3253,411518,039Jul 2026
37Atlanta, GA7962,712525,939Sep 2026
60Sacramento, CA6682,055538,389Jul 2026
62Colorado Springs, CO6572,740496,560Sep 2026
64Fresno, CA6522,471551,969Aug 2026
110Tucson, AZ4752,172556,898Sep 2026
118Mesa, AZ4271,139519,990Aug 2026
137Raleigh, NC3832,132508,719Aug 2026
157Miami, FL3452,134498,792Jul 2026
159Omaha, NE3422,524488,395Aug 2026

The 10 places closest to Raleigh in population, Raleigh 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
84Fayetteville, NC5632,608209,151Aug 2026
98Durham, NC5133,439307,140Aug 2026
102Charlotte, NC4993,0181,035,037Sep 2026
123Richmond, VA4113,279235,995Jun 2026
137Raleigh, NC3832,132508,719Aug 2026
141Wilmington, NC3782,893127,752Sep 2026
167Chesapeake, VA3291,489257,012Aug 2026
298Cary, NC58700184,680Oct 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to Raleigh 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 Raleigh side by side with Charlotte, Durham or Greensboro, 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; Raleigh’s rate is 23% above the state’s.

CaryDurhamFayettevilleGreensboroWinston-SalemWilmingtonCharlotte

All 8 cities in North Carolina

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Raleigh safe?

By reported violent crime, Raleigh is below the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 383 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, −12% 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 Raleigh?

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

What is the crime rate in Raleigh?

383 violent and 2,132 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 12,792 incidents reported to Raleigh Police Department over the 12 months to August 2026. Violent crime includes 356 robberies (property taken by force or threat); property crime includes 1,309 burglaries, 2,574 thefts from vehicles and 5,523 other thefts.

Is crime in Raleigh going up or down?

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

How many homicides has Raleigh had in 2026?

Raleigh Police Department reported 9 homicides from January to August 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 19 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Aug 2026 the count was 15, or 3 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Raleigh Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset NC0920100). 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 Raleigh

12 months to August 2026
What most people ask aboutReportedPer 100kvs. the 12 months before
RobberyTaking property by force or threat35670−14%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to steal1,309257−10%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins included2,574506−24%
Vehicle theft1,383272−28%

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

NC0920100
Source
Raleigh Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset NC0920100)
Latest complete month
August 2026
History on this site
September 2023 to August 2026 (44 months)
Update schedule
Raleigh 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)