Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC Crime Grade
How Charlotte-Mecklenburg 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
North Carolina
8/10
vs. North Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC was 559.2 per 100,000 residents (5,788 incidents over a population of 1,035,037). That puts Charlotte-Mecklenburg Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 72% above the North Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Charlotte-Mecklenburg (red), North Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 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 | 784.8(7,505) | 745.3(7,121) | 726.0(7,110) | 733.2(7,355) | 559.2(5,788) |
| Murder | 10.0(96) | 11.2(107) | 9.1(89) | 10.7(107) | 9.1(94) |
| Rape | 35.4(339) | 28.5(272) | 25.6(251) | 25.2(253) | 18.4(190) |
| Robbery | 140.9(1,347) | 144.2(1,378) | 127.6(1,250) | 130.4(1,308) | 94.6(979) |
| Aggravated assault | 598.5(5,723) | 561.4(5,364) | 563.7(5,520) | 566.9(5,687) | 437.2(4,525) |
| Property crime | 3163.0(30,247) | 3389.9(32,389) | 3853.3(37,736) | 3719.2(37,308) | 3419.0(35,388) |
| Burglary | 389.4(3,724) | 429.1(4,100) | 430.4(4,215) | 427.2(4,285) | 391.2(4,049) |
| Larceny | 2431.8(23,255) | 2547.9(24,344) | 2581.2(25,278) | 2516.7(25,246) | 2431.5(25,167) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 328.0(3,137) | 397.4(3,797) | 827.2(8,101) | 758.9(7,613) | 584.5(6,050) |
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: Charlotte-Mecklenburg'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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