Charlotte Fraud
Charlotte · Fraud · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Charlotte police open data recorded 2,958 fraud incidents, 4.0% of all 74,832 incidents reported in the city that year and down 4.3% from 2024. That is about 314 per 100,000 residents, compared with 309 per 100,000 across the 58 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 2,595 fraud incidents have been published.
Fraud in Charlotte by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 2,595 | — | — |
| 2025 | 2,958 | 314 | down 4.3% |
| 2024 | 3,090 | 328 | down 12.5% |
| 2023 | 3,530 | 374 | down 5.4% |
| 2022 | 3,733 | 396 | up 9.3% |
| 2021 | 3,414 | 362 | up 1.6% |
| 2020 | 3,360 | 356 | down 13.1% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 34,446 fraud incidents.
Questions
How many fraud incidents were reported in Charlotte in 2025?
2,958, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is fraud going up or down in Charlotte?
Reported fraud was down 4.3% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 20.8% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Charlotte
- Charlotte other 20,883 in 2025
- Charlotte theft 15,199 in 2025
- Charlotte assault 10,613 in 2025
- Charlotte theft from vehicle 9,696 in 2025
- Charlotte auto theft 6,012 in 2025
- Charlotte vandalism 4,430 in 2025
- Charlotte burglary 3,394 in 2025
- Charlotte robbery 1,027 in 2025
- Charlotte sexual assault 532 in 2025
- Charlotte homicide 88 in 2025