Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cary, NC Crime Grade
How Cary 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
2/10
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 Cary, NC was 75.3 per 100,000 residents (139 incidents over a population of 184,680). That puts Cary Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 77% below the North Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Cary (red), North Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cary 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 | 76.0(135) | 81.7(146) | 104.4(191) | 72.1(131) | 75.3(139) |
| Murder | 2.3(4) | 0.0(0) | 1.1(2) | 1.7(3) | 0.5(1) |
| Rape | 7.3(13) | 7.8(14) | 9.8(18) | 7.7(14) | 13.0(24) |
| Robbery | 17.4(31) | 16.2(29) | 19.1(35) | 12.7(23) | 8.7(16) |
| Aggravated assault | 48.9(87) | 57.7(103) | 74.4(136) | 50.1(91) | 53.1(98) |
| Property crime | 968.3(1,721) | 1110.9(1,984) | 1235.2(2,259) | 1325.7(2,410) | 964.4(1,781) |
| Burglary | 101.8(181) | 168.0(300) | 119.2(218) | 89.1(162) | 70.9(131) |
| Larceny | 804.6(1,430) | 861.1(1,538) | 919.2(1,681) | 1113.9(2,025) | 807.9(1,492) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 58.5(104) | 78.4(140) | 191.9(351) | 118.3(215) | 81.2(150) |
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: Cary'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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