Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Asheville, NC Crime Grade
How Asheville 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
North Carolina
10/10
vs. North Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Asheville, NC was 750.4 per 100,000 residents (714 incidents over a population of 95,155). That puts Asheville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 131% above the North Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Asheville (red), North Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Asheville 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 | 788.5(740) | 954.9(895) | 866.6(810) | 800.3(762) | 750.4(714) |
| Murder | 9.6(9) | 12.8(12) | 9.6(9) | 12.6(12) | 4.2(4) |
| Rape | 103.4(97) | 82.2(77) | 85.6(80) | 88.2(84) | 59.9(57) |
| Robbery | 123.6(116) | 145.1(136) | 144.4(135) | 113.4(108) | 92.5(88) |
| Aggravated assault | 551.9(518) | 714.8(670) | 626.9(586) | 586.0(558) | 593.8(565) |
| Property crime | 5370.0(5,040) | 5166.0(4,842) | 4571.5(4,273) | 3958.2(3,769) | 4377.1(4,165) |
| Burglary | 736.2(691) | 721.2(676) | 568.1(531) | 608.1(579) | 623.2(593) |
| Larceny | 4053.1(3,804) | 3967.8(3,719) | 3463.1(3,237) | 2978.4(2,836) | 3387.1(3,223) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 555.1(521) | 446.0(418) | 505.0(472) | 340.3(324) | 343.6(327) |
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: Asheville'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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