Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Wilmington, NC Crime Grade
How Wilmington 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
North Carolina
6/10
vs. North Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Wilmington, NC was 403.9 per 100,000 residents (516 incidents over a population of 127,752). That puts Wilmington Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 24% above the North Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Wilmington (red), North Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wilmington 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 | 522.3(662) | 533.7(636) | 491.5(603) | 483.6(605) | 403.9(516) |
| Murder | 11.0(14) | 10.1(12) | 8.2(10) | 5.6(7) | 7.0(9) |
| Rape | 72.6(92) | 66.3(79) | 34.2(42) | 45.6(57) | 42.3(54) |
| Robbery | 84.4(107) | 93.2(111) | 99.4(122) | 72.7(91) | 80.6(103) |
| Aggravated assault | 354.2(449) | 364.2(434) | 349.7(429) | 359.7(450) | 274.0(350) |
| Property crime | 2803.7(3,554) | 2891.9(3,446) | 3533.7(4,335) | 3529.1(4,415) | 2900.9(3,706) |
| Burglary | 454.4(576) | 396.9(473) | 456.5(560) | 361.3(452) | 376.5(481) |
| Larceny | 2159.2(2,737) | 2253.3(2,685) | 2779.7(3,410) | 2849.7(3,565) | 2282.5(2,916) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 181.4(230) | 228.3(272) | 290.2(356) | 311.7(390) | 234.8(300) |
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: Wilmington'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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