Fayetteville Crime Map
North Carolina · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12
| Latest 24h | 12 incidents, 3 violent (2026-11-11) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 11,951 incidents through October |
| 2025 (full year) | 14,436 incidents |
| Full archive | 341,208 incidents (2010–2026) |
| Per 100K / year | 6,891 |
Source: Fayetteville Police Department open data.
About crime in Fayetteville
Latest mapped day. Fayetteville recorded 12 incidents on 2026-11-11, including 3 violent-category incidents. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.
Year-over-year context
Fayetteville recorded 15,641 incidents in 2024 and 14,436 in 2025, a 7.7% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.
Latest 24h (2026-11-11) category breakdown
| Assault | 3 |
| Theft | 3 |
| Other | 2 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Theft from vehicle | 1 |
| Fraud | 1 |
Across 2010–2026, the current archive contains 341,208 incidents for Fayetteville. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
Fayetteville crime overview
Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. Fayetteville police reported 14,436 incidents in 2025, down 7.7% from 15,641 in 2024. Theft was the most common category with 3,912 reports, or 27.1% of the total, followed by Other at 2,874 and Assault at 2,413. Violent incidents totaled 2,677, or 18.5% of 2025 reports. January–October 2026 counts were down 1.2% from the same months in 2025. Data span 2010 through November 2026, with an all-years total of 341,208 incidents.
About this data
TheCrimeMaps shows police-reported incidents for Fayetteville, North Carolina, mapped from Fayetteville Police Department open data. The current display covers calendar year 2025, with 14,436 police-reported incidents recorded across the city. Violent-category incidents, defined as assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, totaled 2,677, or 18.5% of the 2025 total. Theft was the most reported category in 2025, followed by Other and Assault. Each point reflects a report filed with the department.
That equals 6,890.8 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census 2024 population estimate of 209,496, with a violent rate of 1,277.8 per 100,000 residents. The figures describe the rate of police-reported incidents, not personal risk. Data are current through November 2026, and the archive holds 341,208 incidents from 2010 to 2026.
Recent trend
Reported incidents declined 7.7% from 15,641 in 2024 to 14,436 in 2025, comparing two complete calendar years. The same-month comparison for January–October was essentially flat, with 11,951 incidents in January–October 2026 compared with 12,094 in January–October 2025, down 1.2%. In the complete-year archive, totals were higher in the early 2010s, including 25,857 in 2010 and 27,385 in 2011, than in recent complete years such as 17,279 in 2023 and 15,641 in 2024. The 2025 total of 14,436 was the lowest among complete years since 2010.
Category breakdown
In 2025, Theft was the most reported category with 3,912 incidents, or 27.1% of the total. Other ranked second with 2,874 incidents, or 19.9%, followed by Assault with 2,413 incidents, or 16.7%. The Other group in 2025 largely reflected Drugs with 1,446 incidents, or 10.0% of all incidents, plus Weapons offenses with 493, Threats with 487, Other crime with 372, and Harassment with 76. Beyond the top three, Vandalism accounted for 1,289 incidents, or 8.9%, Fraud for 1,184, or 8.2%, and Theft from vehicle for 998, or 6.9%. Together these six categories describe much of the 14,436 police-reported incidents in 2025.
What this means
Fayetteville’s 2025 picture centers on 14,436 incidents, the lowest complete-year count since 25,857 in 2010 and down from 27,385 in 2011. Theft leads with 3,912 incidents, or 27.1%, followed by Other at 2,874, or 19.9%, and Assault at 2,413, or 16.7%. Vandalism at 1,289, or 8.9%, Fraud at 1,184, or 8.2%, and Theft from vehicle at 998, or 6.9%, fill out the leading categories.
FAQ
How many crimes were reported in Fayetteville in 2025?
Fayetteville recorded 14,436 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That equals 6,890.8 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 209,496 for the city. Violent-category incidents, defined as assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, totaled 2,677, or 18.5% of the 2025 total.
What was the most common type of crime in Fayetteville in 2025?
Theft was the most reported category in Fayetteville in 2025, with 3,912 incidents, or 27.1% of the 14,436 total. The next largest groups were Other with 2,874 incidents and Assault with 2,413 incidents. Vandalism followed with 1,289 incidents, then Fraud with 1,184 and Theft from vehicle with 998.
Are reported incidents going up or down in Fayetteville?
Reported incidents declined between the two consecutive complete calendar years, from 15,641 in 2024 to 14,436 in 2025, a change of -7.7%. For the current window, January–October 2026 recorded 11,951 incidents compared with 12,094 in January–October 2025, a change of -1.2% on the same months in both years.
What do the 2025 numbers show for Fayetteville neighborhoods?
The 2025 Fayetteville file published on TheCrimeMaps does not include a ranked table of named neighborhoods by incidents, so readers should use the citywide total of 14,436 for 2025 rather than a neighborhood comparison. Citywide categories for 2025 include Theft with 3,912 incidents and Assault with 2,413 incidents, but those counts are not broken out by neighborhood in this release.
Where does Fayetteville's crime data come from?
The figures come from the Fayetteville Police Department, the upstream open-data source for this page. The 2025 archive row reflects 12 months of data and is marked complete, while the all-years archive from 2010 to 2026 totals 341,208 incidents. Counts describe police-reported incidents, including 2,874 incidents grouped as Other in 2025.
How up to date is the Fayetteville crime data?
The data on this page is current through November 2026. The headline remains calendar year 2025 with 14,436 incidents, because 2026 is still a partial year with 11 months of data and 12,300 incidents. The same-months comparison for January–October shows 11,951 incidents in 2026 versus 12,094 in 2025.
Explore Fayetteville
By category
- Fayetteville Assault (49,631)
- Fayetteville Sexual assault (549)
- Fayetteville Robbery (6,140)
- Fayetteville Shooting (12)
- Fayetteville Homicide (430)
- Fayetteville Burglary (34,561)
- Fayetteville Auto theft (10,704)
- Fayetteville Theft from vehicle (25,296)
- Fayetteville Theft (90,050)
- Fayetteville Bike theft (1,011)
- Fayetteville Vandalism (37,408)
- Fayetteville Fraud (33,714)
- Fayetteville Other (51,702)
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Neighborhoods
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