North Carolina crime statistics indicate a total downward trend in crime based on data from 20 years when violent crime was decreasing and property crime was decreasing.
Based on this report, the crime rate in North Carolina for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2019 when the state violent crime rate was lower than the
national violent crime rate average by 2.01% and the state property crime rate was higher than the
national property crime rate average by 11.72%.
