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Winston-Salem Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

Winston-Salem crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 15 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Winston-Salem for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2014.

The city violent crime rate for Winston-Salem in 2014 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 89.6% and the city property crime rate in Winston-Salem was higher than the national property crime rate average by 108.65%.

In 2014 the city violent crime rate in Winston-Salem was higher than the violent crime rate in North Carolina by 116.18% and the city property crime rate in Winston-Salem was higher than the property crime rate in North Carolina by 88.53%.

Property and Violent Crime
Winston-Salem Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Winston-Salem Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Winston-Salem Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2014 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,178
Arson77
Burglary3,724
Larceny and Theft8,467
Motor Vehicle Theft705
Murder and Manslaughter13
Rape77
Robbery428
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)15,109
Property Crime12,896
Violent Crime1,696
2025 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,291
Arson153
Burglary4,501
Larceny and Theft9,638
Motor Vehicle Theft68
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape35
Robbery172
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)16,440
Property Crime14,227
Violent Crime1,498

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Winston-Salem Property Crime

Winston-Salem Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Winston-Salem Crime 2014

Winston-Salem Crime 2025

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Winston-Salem Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Winston-Salem Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Winston-Salem, North Carolina crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Winston-Salem crime report data for 2025 was projected from 15 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2014.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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