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Wake County, NC Arrest Records

Wake County, NC is among the safest counties in the USA with 0.17 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4.69 per 1,000 average. It has lower total crime rate than Forsyth, Harnett, Iredell, Union, Catawba counties in North Carolina.
Wake County, NC property crime rate is 1.60 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 967 larceny theft related arrests in 2016 that decreased by 4.92% compared to 2015.

Wake County, NC Crime Rate

Total arrests in Wake County in 2016 decreased by 3.14% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes increased from 137 to 173 while non-violent crime decreased by 5.41% from 1,774 to 1,678.

5 Crimes In Wake County, NC in 2016 with the Most Arrests

Crime Arrests
Larceny-theft 967
Burglary 582
Motor vehicle theft 129
Aggravated assault 128
Robbery 25

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Wake County increased by 26.28% from 2015 and decreased by 5.98% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 184 to 173. In 2016 violent crime rate in Wake County was 96.48% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.017%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Wake County decreased by 5.41% from 2015 and decreased by 42% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 2,893 to 1,678. In 2016 property crime rate in Wake County was 94.36% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 0.16%.

How Wake stands up against other counties

Wake vs. Forsyth

You’ll be in more safety in Wake compared to Forsyth county that had 272.03% higher crime rate compared to Wake county according to the FBI.
Assault rates of 0.1223 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8422 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.5949 in Forsyth county.
Motor Vehicle Theft rates of 0.1232 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8637 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.2934 in Forsyth county.

Wake vs. Durham

You’ll be in more safety in Wake compared to Durham county that had 19.31% higher crime rate compared to Wake county according to the FBI.
Assault rates of 0.1223 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8422 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.1568 in Durham county.
Arson rates of 0.0134 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.1465 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.0000 in Durham county.

Names with the most arrests in Wake

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Wake, North Carolina, the most crimes, that's 37.67% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 21-30.

DID you know?

  • The overall crime rate in Wake County is 0.95% lower than the national average.
  • For every 1,000 residents, there are 0.48 daily crimes that occur in Wake County.
  • Wake, NC is safer than Forsyth.
  • In Wake County you have a 1 in 566 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
  • Year over year crimes in Wake, NC have decreased by 3.14%.

Wake Police Departments

Cities in Wake County

Names in Wake County