Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Wake Forest, NC Crime Grade
How Wake Forest 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
2/10
vs. North Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Wake Forest, NC was 85.2 per 100,000 residents (50 incidents over a population of 58,676). That puts Wake Forest 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. Wake Forest (red), North Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wake Forest 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 | 143.6(71) | 114.8(59) | 157.8(83) | 146.8(82) | 85.2(50) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 1.9(1) | 1.9(1) | 5.4(3) | 3.4(2) |
| Rape | 12.1(6) | 11.7(6) | 13.3(7) | 5.4(3) | 6.8(4) |
| Robbery | 22.2(11) | 9.7(5) | 15.2(8) | 8.9(5) | 6.8(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 109.2(54) | 91.5(47) | 127.4(67) | 127.1(71) | 68.2(40) |
| Property crime | 944.3(467) | 1052.8(541) | 1592.9(838) | 1313.7(734) | 1012.3(594) |
| Burglary | 78.9(39) | 103.1(53) | 203.4(107) | 103.8(58) | 85.2(50) |
| Larceny | 808.8(400) | 881.6(453) | 1265.9(666) | 1122.2(627) | 852.1(500) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 50.5(25) | 62.3(32) | 119.8(63) | 84.1(47) | 66.5(39) |
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: Wake Forest'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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