Crime Grade · North Carolina

Safest Cities in North Carolina

86 reporting North Carolina cities ranked safest to least safe, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 350.3 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Davidson	16,654	24.0	A1/10
2	Stallings	17,988	38.9	A1/10
3	Waxhaw	23,823	46.2	A1/10
4	Apex	78,938	46.9	A1/10
5	Elon	11,372	52.8	A1/10
6	Pinehurst	18,714	53.4	A1/10
7	Fuquay-Varina	49,846	74.2	A1/10
8	Cary	184,680	75.3	A1/10
9	Rolesville	12,459	80.3	A1/10
10	Chapel Hill	65,938	83.4	A1/10
11	Morrisville	33,303	84.1	A1/10
12	Wake Forest	58,676	85.2	A1/10
13	Holly Springs	47,959	85.5	A1/10
14	Wendell	19,206	93.7	A1/10
15	Archdale	12,208	106.5	A1/10
16	Clayton	33,135	114.7	A1/10
17	Huntersville	68,534	115.3	A1/10
18	Concord	114,348	117.2	A1/10
19	Cornelius	35,117	125.3	A2/10
20	Mint Hill	29,430	125.7	A2/10
21	Leland	37,268	126.1	A2/10
22	Boone	20,222	158.2	A2/10
23	Kannapolis	61,883	169.7	A2/10
24	Winterville	10,999	172.7	A2/10
25	Sanford	32,687	180.5	A3/10
26	Matthews	31,422	184.6	A3/10
27	Mount Airy	10,562	198.8	A3/10
28	Knightdale	22,474	204.7	A3/10
29	Havelock	16,574	205.1	A3/10
30	Mount Holly	18,971	205.6	A3/10
31	Asheboro	28,102	206.4	A3/10
32	Kernersville	29,334	214.8	A3/10
33	Jacksonville	70,256	227.7	A3/10
34	Lincolnton	12,678	228.7	A3/10
35	Mooresville	53,489	243.0	A3/10
36	Carrboro	21,029	261.5	B4/10
37	Morehead City	10,060	278.3	B4/10
38	Smithfield	13,192	288.1	B4/10
39	Graham	19,892	291.6	B4/10
40	Belmont	16,272	295.0	B4/10
41	Hendersonville	15,770	323.4	B4/10
42	Thomasville	27,525	341.5	B4/10
43	Lenoir	18,263	345.0	B4/10
44	Elizabeth City	19,125	350.3	B4/10
45	Morganton	17,664	362.3	B5/10
46	Mebane	21,308	370.8	B5/10
47	New Bern	34,980	371.6	B5/10
48	Zebulon	11,612	378.9	B5/10
49	Southern Pines	17,329	380.9	B5/10
50	Tarboro	11,023	390.1	B5/10
51	Raleigh	508,719	391.4	B5/10
52	Wilmington	127,752	403.9	B5/10
53	Garner	41,639	413.1	B5/10
54	Hope Mills	17,838	420.5	B5/10
55	Waynesville	10,829	424.8	B5/10
56	Newton	13,678	438.7	B5/10
57	Greenville	96,214	442.8	B5/10
58	Eden	15,395	454.7	B5/10
59	Lexington	20,003	464.9	B5/10
60	Monroe	41,528	469.6	B5/10
61	Wilson	48,609	477.3	B5/10
62	Reidsville	14,659	491.2	C6/10
63	Durham	307,140	503.4	C6/10
64	Spring Lake	11,500	504.3	C6/10
65	Kings Mountain	11,953	518.7	C6/10
66	High Point	119,581	521.0	C6/10
67	Charlotte-Mecklenburg	1,035,037	559.2	C6/10
68	Hickory	45,436	563.4	C6/10
69	Salisbury	36,900	588.1	C6/10
70	Fayetteville	209,151	597.7	C6/10
71	Statesville	32,519	605.8	C6/10
72	Albemarle	17,589	631.1	C7/10
73	Burlington	62,361	635.0	C7/10
74	Rocky Mount	54,581	670.6	C7/10
75	Winston-Salem	257,431	682.5	C7/10
76	Pineville	11,812	702.7	C7/10
77	Asheville	95,155	750.4	C7/10
78	Kinston	19,459	776.0	C7/10
79	Roanoke Rapids	14,422	832.1	D8/10
80	Shelby	22,991	874.3	D8/10
81	Gastonia	86,826	884.5	D8/10
82	Greensboro	304,306	925.7	D8/10
83	Henderson	14,745	1064.8	F9/10
84	Goldsboro	34,664	1107.8	F9/10
85	Lumberton	18,882	1249.9	F9/10
86	Laurinburg	15,138	1261.7	F9/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.