Charlotte Other Crime
Charlotte · Other Crime · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Charlotte police open data recorded 20,883 other crime incidents, 27.9% of all 74,832 incidents reported in the city that year and up 10.3% from 2024. That is about 2,213 per 100,000 residents, compared with 2,329 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 18,619 other crime incidents have been published.
Other Crime in Charlotte by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 18,619 | — | — |
| 2025 | 20,883 | 2,213 | up 10.3% |
| 2024 | 18,930 | 2,006 | up 0.5% |
| 2023 | 18,838 | 1,997 | up 0.1% |
| 2022 | 18,818 | 1,995 | up 3.0% |
| 2021 | 18,270 | 1,936 | up 7.2% |
| 2020 | 17,044 | 1,807 | down 8.0% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 189,392 other crime incidents.
What “Other” includes
- Other offenses 111,310
- Drug offenses 37,428
- Threats 28,274
- Weapons offenses 7,587
- Impaired & dangerous driving 4,793
Questions
How many other crime incidents were reported in Charlotte in 2025?
20,883, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is other crime going up or down in Charlotte?
Reported other crime was up 10.3% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 11.0% compared with 2022 (rising 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 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 fraud 2,958 in 2025
- Charlotte robbery 1,027 in 2025
- Charlotte sexual assault 532 in 2025
- Charlotte homicide 88 in 2025