Crime rate & statistics
Charlotte Crime Rate & Safety Statistics
How Charlotte's crime rate compares with the national average, and what its property-heavy mix means for residents.
Key indices
Charlotte crime at a glance
Index values are scaled so that 100 equals the U.S. average.
Your odds
Estimated victimization risk
Calibrated against national benchmark rates and expressed as everyday odds.
Trend
Is crime rising or falling in Charlotte?
Reported incidents per month over the most recent year of data.
Context
How to read these numbers
Charlotte's crime profile is typical of a fast-growing Sun Belt city: property crime dominates the totals, while the violent crime rate sits closer to the middle of the pack for large U.S. metros. Because the city keeps adding residents, raw incident counts can rise even in years when the per-capita rate holds flat or eases.
We convert Charlotte's crime indices into estimated rates per 100,000 residents using national benchmarks, then restate them as plain odds — roughly a “1 in N” chance over a year. Each index is set so that 100 equals the national average: 130 means about 30% more of that offense than a typical U.S. community, and 80 means about 20% less. Letter grades place every area on one A-to-F curve calibrated nationwide.