Raleigh records 489 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 28% above the US national average of 381. Overall SafeNest grade: C, a city-wide average. Crime varies widely block to block within any city, so a city grade cannot describe a specific street.

What is the crime rate in Raleigh?

Raleigh reports approximately 489 violent crimes and 2819 property crimes per 100,000 residents based on the most recent public data.

Does Raleigh have flood risk?

SafeNest evaluates flood risk at the address level. For Raleigh, federal records show 8 FEMA flood disaster declarations for North Carolina, most recently in 2013; a specific address may still sit inside or outside a FEMA flood zone, which the SafeNest app checks directly.

Is Raleigh, NC Safe in 2024? Crime Rates, Flood Risk & Schools

Crime in Raleigh vs. the national average

Raleigh reports 489 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 28% above the U.S. average of 381, and 2,819 property crimes per 100k versus a national 1,954 (44% above). In the most recent FBI reporting year (2024), the violent crime rate fell 7.4% year over year, a pattern SafeNest classifies as worsening.

	Raleigh	US average
Violent crime (per 100k)	489	381
Property crime (per 100k)	2819	1954

City-wide averages hide block-by-block variation — the safest and least safe neighborhoods in Raleigh can differ dramatically. For a specific address, run a free SafeNest search.

Flood & natural hazard risk

Federal disaster records for North Carolina — the state SafeNest uses for Raleigh's flood context — list 8 FEMA flood disaster declarations between 1962 and 2013, most recently "Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides". North Carolina has also seen 38 hurricane or tropical-storm declarations, events that frequently drive flooding. These are state-level federal declarations, not a parcel-level flood-zone determination — a specific Raleigh address may sit inside or well outside a FEMA flood zone, which the SafeNest app checks directly by address.

Schools in Raleigh

Public schools in Raleigh average 6.9/10 on the SafeNest School Score across 99 rated schools. By level, elementary schools rate strongest at 7.2/10 on average, while middle schools average 5.8/10. The highest-scoring is Magellan Charter at 10.0/10.

Registered offenders

Registered-offender data is meaningful only at the address level, so SafeNest does not publish a city-wide figure for Raleigh: a single citywide number would blend blocks with very different profiles and mislead more than it informs. Exact counts and locations for any specific Raleigh address are available in the SafeNest app, drawn directly from the state's public registry.

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Data compiled from public sources including FBI crime statistics, FEMA flood maps, NCES education data, and state registries. Last updated 2026-07-12. Figures are city-level estimates; verify with primary sources before making decisions. SafeNest is not a consumer reporting agency (see Terms).