Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fuquay-Varina, NC Crime Grade
How Fuquay-Varina 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
3/10
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 Fuquay-Varina, NC was 74.2 per 100,000 residents (37 incidents over a population of 49,846). That puts Fuquay-Varina Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 77% below the North Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
That ranks Fuquay-Varina #824 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 78% of them, and #7 of 86 in North Carolina. Violent crime is up 7% year over year and down 21% over the last five years.
Fuquay-Varina, NC crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- North Carolina Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 74.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #824 of 3,771
- NC rank
- #7 of 86
- Safer than
- 78% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 7%
- 5-year change
- down 21%
- Population
- 49,846
- Reporting agency
- Fuquay-Varina Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fuquay-Varina Police Department (FBI ORI NC0920400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fuquay-Varina, NC
Also known as
- Sippehaw
- Varina
- Fuquay Springs
Location
Located 27 km (16 mi) south-southwest of Raleigh.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Fuquay-Varina (red), North Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fuquay-Varina 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 | 94.1(32) | 64.0(25) | 61.0(27) | 69.6(33) | 74.2(37) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 2.0(1) |
| Rape | 8.8(3) | 7.7(3) | 4.5(2) | 12.6(6) | 8.0(4) |
| Robbery | 14.7(5) | 17.9(7) | 6.8(3) | 10.5(5) | 10.0(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 70.6(24) | 38.4(15) | 47.4(21) | 46.4(22) | 54.2(27) |
| Property crime | 887.8(302) | 837.7(327) | 600.7(266) | 579.7(275) | 459.4(229) |
| Burglary | 105.8(36) | 94.8(37) | 61.0(27) | 63.2(30) | 34.1(17) |
| Larceny | 726.1(247) | 696.8(272) | 501.3(222) | 482.8(229) | 375.2(187) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 55.9(19) | 43.5(17) | 36.1(16) | 31.6(15) | 48.1(24) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fuquay-Varina, NC Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Fuquay-Varina Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Fuquay-Varina calculated?
- Fuquay-Varina's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the North Carolina state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to North Carolina cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Fuquay-Varina Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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