Durham Assault
Durham · Assault · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Durham police open data recorded 2,838 assault incidents, 13.6% of all 20,911 incidents reported in the city that year and down 8.8% from 2024. That is about 940 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 2,566 assault incidents have been published.
Assault in Durham by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 2,566 | — | — |
| 2025 | 2,838 | 940 | down 8.8% |
| 2024 | 3,112 | 1,031 | up 1.3% |
| 2023 | 3,072 | 1,018 | up 0.6% |
| 2022 | 3,055 | 1,012 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 14,643 assault incidents.
Questions
How many assault incidents were reported in Durham in 2025?
2,838, according to Durham Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is assault going up or down in Durham?
Reported assault was down 8.8% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 7.1% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Durham 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 Durham
- Durham theft 5,322 in 2025
- Durham theft from vehicle 3,171 in 2025
- Durham other 3,084 in 2025
- Durham fraud 1,681 in 2025
- Durham auto theft 1,517 in 2025
- Durham vandalism 1,423 in 2025
- Durham burglary 1,178 in 2025
- Durham robbery 431 in 2025
- Durham sexual assault 265 in 2025
- Durham homicide 1 in 2025