Charlotte Crime Map
North Carolina · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12
| Latest 24h | 61 incidents, 15 violent (2026-11-10) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 59,100 incidents through October |
| 2025 (full year) | 74,832 incidents |
| Full archive | 728,859 incidents (2017–2026) |
| Per 100K / year | 7,932 |
Source: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department open data.
About crime in Charlotte
Latest mapped day. Charlotte recorded 61 incidents on 2026-11-10, including 15 violent-category incidents. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.
Year-over-year context
Charlotte recorded 75,913 incidents in 2024 and 74,832 in 2025, a 1.4% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.
Latest 24h (2026-11-10) category breakdown
| Other | 18 |
| Theft | 15 |
| Assault | 14 |
| Vandalism | 5 |
| Theft from vehicle | 4 |
| Fraud | 3 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
Across 2017–2026, the current archive contains 728,859 incidents for Charlotte. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
Charlotte crime overview
Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. Charlotte recorded 74,832 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, with Other as the most common category at 20,883 reports, or 27.9% of the total. Theft followed with 15,199 reports, and assault totaled 10,613. Total reports fell 1.4% from 75,913 in 2024. January–October 2026 is down 6.2% from the same months in 2025. Data through November 2026 comes from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
About this data
TheCrimeMaps crime map for Charlotte, North Carolina displays police-reported incidents published as open data by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Reports are plotted by location and crime category, with filters for year and offense type to explore the city’s 2025 record.
In 2025, Charlotte recorded 74,832 police-reported incidents. That is 7,931.5 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 943,476. Violent-category incidents, counted as assault plus sexual assault plus robbery plus shooting plus homicide in 2025, totaled 12,260, or 16.4% of all reports. The all-years archive holds 728,859 incidents from 2017 to 2026, and data in this release is current through November 2026. Coverage includes 12 months with data.
Recent trend
Charlotte’s annual total declined 1.4% between two consecutive complete calendar years, from 75,913 in 2024 to 74,832 in 2025. For the same months, January–October 2026 recorded 59,100 incidents, compared with 63,005 in January–October 2025, a 6.2% decline. In the complete-year series, 2023 recorded 77,881 incidents, followed by 75,913 in 2024 and 74,832 in 2025. Earlier complete years include 75,916 in 2019, 69,154 in 2020, 70,271 in 2021 and 72,743 in 2022, showing 2025 below the 2023 level but above the 2020–2022 totals.
Category breakdown
In 2025, Other ranked first with 20,883 incidents, or 27.9% of the 74,832 total. Theft ranked second with 15,199 incidents, or 20.3%, and Assault ranked third with 10,613 incidents, or 14.2%. Within Other, the breakdown lists Other crime at 11,366 incidents, or 15.2% of the total, Drugs at 4,840, or 6.5%, Threats at 2,882, or 3.9%, Weapons offenses at 1,054, or 1.4%, and Impaired & dangerous driving at 741, or 1.0%. Outside the top three, Theft from vehicle totaled 9,696 incidents, or 13.0%, Auto theft totaled 6,012, or 8.0%, and Vandalism totaled 4,430, or 5.9%. All shares are calculated from the 2025 calendar-year total.
What this means
Charlotte’s 2025 record centers on 74,832 incidents, with Other at 20,883, or 27.9%, Theft at 15,199, or 20.3%, and Assault at 10,613, or 14.2%. Theft from vehicle totaled 9,696 and Auto theft totaled 6,012, followed by Vandalism at 4,430. The year-series context places 74,832 below 77,881 in 2023 and 75,916 in 2019, but above 69,154 in 2020, 70,271 in 2021 and 72,743 in 2022.
FAQ
How many crimes were reported in Charlotte in 2025?
Charlotte had 74,832 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That equals 7,931.5 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 943,476 for the city. The rate describes police-reported incidents, not personal risk.
What was the most common type of crime in Charlotte in 2025?
Other was the largest grouping in 2025, with 20,883 incidents, or 27.9% of the 74,832 total. The source groups many types under Other, including Other crime with 11,366 incidents, Drugs with 4,840, Threats with 2,882, Weapons offenses with 1,054, and Impaired & dangerous driving with 741. Theft was next at 15,199 incidents.
How much violent crime was reported in Charlotte in 2025?
Charlotte recorded 12,260 violent-category incidents in 2025, or 16.4% of the 74,832 total. The violent grouping covers assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide. Assault alone accounted for 10,613 incidents, or 14.2% of the total. The violent rate was 1,299.5 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, using the Census 2024 population.
Is crime in Charlotte going up or down?
The consecutive complete-year comparison shows a decrease. Charlotte went from 75,913 incidents in 2024 to 74,832 in 2025, a change of -1.4%. The archive also lists 77,881 in 2023, 72,743 in 2022 and 70,271 in 2021. For the same months, January–October 2026 had 59,100 incidents compared with 63,005 in January–October 2025, a change of -6.2%.
Do Charlotte neighborhoods all have the same crime mix as the city overall?
These 2025 figures are citywide totals for Charlotte, North Carolina, not totals for individual neighborhoods. The 74,832 incidents, including 15,199 thefts, 10,613 assaults, 9,696 thefts from vehicle and 6,012 auto thefts, describe the whole city in 2025. Neighborhood-level differences are not shown in this summary, so citywide shares like 20.3% for theft should not be read as applying evenly everywhere.
Where does this Charlotte data come from and how current is it?
The figures come from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. The 2025 total of 74,832 covers 12 months of data for that complete calendar year. The archive through November 2026 totals 728,859 incidents across 2017 through 2026, including 60,588 incidents in the partial year 2026 with 11 months with data. Use November 2026 as the currency point when citing this page.
Explore Charlotte
By category
- Charlotte Assault (102,434)
- Charlotte Sexual assault (7,491)
- Charlotte Robbery (14,333)
- Charlotte Homicide (867)
- Charlotte Burglary (38,948)
- Charlotte Auto theft (43,309)
- Charlotte Theft from vehicle (97,569)
- Charlotte Theft (150,128)
- Charlotte Vandalism (49,942)
- Charlotte Fraud (34,446)
- Charlotte Other (189,392)
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