Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Apex, NC Crime Grade
How Apex grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of North Carolina — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
North Carolina
1/10
vs. North Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Apex, NC was 46.9 per 100,000 residents (37 incidents over a population of 78,938). That puts Apex Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 86% below the North Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Apex (red), North Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Apex vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 70.7(48) | 57.6(38) | 54.0(40) | 56.2(42) | 46.9(37) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 1.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 4.0(3) | 1.3(1) |
| Rape | 23.6(16) | 16.7(11) | 16.2(12) | 2.7(2) | 6.3(5) |
| Robbery | 11.8(8) | 13.6(9) | 6.7(5) | 13.4(10) | 3.8(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 35.4(24) | 25.7(17) | 31.0(23) | 36.1(27) | 35.5(28) |
| Property crime | 891.3(605) | 1157.2(764) | 914.9(678) | 526.9(394) | 718.3(567) |
| Burglary | 78.1(53) | 100.0(66) | 101.2(75) | 34.8(26) | 48.1(38) |
| Larceny | 772.0(524) | 989.0(653) | 735.4(545) | 456.0(341) | 627.1(495) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 35.4(24) | 59.1(39) | 72.9(54) | 33.4(25) | 41.8(33) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Apex's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to North Carolina cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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