Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Chapel Hill, NC Crime Grade
How Chapel Hill 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 Chapel Hill, NC was 83.4 per 100,000 residents (55 incidents over a population of 65,938). That puts Chapel Hill Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 74% below the North Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Chapel Hill (red), North Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Chapel Hill 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 | 187.9(121) | 185.3(113) | 181.4(118) | 175.3(112) | 83.4(55) |
| Murder | 4.7(3) | 3.3(2) | 3.1(2) | 1.6(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 14.0(9) | 14.8(9) | 13.8(9) | 14.1(9) | 12.1(8) |
| Robbery | 43.5(28) | 42.6(26) | 41.5(27) | 45.4(29) | 25.8(17) |
| Aggravated assault | 125.8(81) | 124.6(76) | 123.0(80) | 114.2(73) | 45.5(30) |
| Property crime | 1997.3(1,286) | 2005.4(1,223) | 2591.2(1,686) | 2524.0(1,613) | 1768.3(1,166) |
| Burglary | 309.1(199) | 314.8(192) | 321.2(209) | 339.6(217) | 210.8(139) |
| Larceny | 1598.1(1,029) | 1562.7(953) | 1930.3(1,256) | 1993.6(1,274) | 1422.5(938) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 87.0(56) | 118.1(72) | 339.7(221) | 184.6(118) | 131.9(87) |
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: Chapel Hill'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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