Crime Statistics

CMPD released crime statistics for last year. A petition to remove Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden had its first court hearing. Charlotte City Council voted to give the new Metropolitan Transportation Authority $4.3 million in startup funds, as the measles virus was detected in local wastewater.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police released third quarter 2023 crime statistics, homicide and assaults are down but property crimes have increased in Charlotte

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Violent crime is down in Charlotte for the first part of the year by 6%. Property crime rose by 10%. Charlotte Mecklenburg Police say auto thefts are driving that increase.

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The town of Matthews announced they've made corrections to misreported crimes stats from 2018-2022

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department gave its third-quarter crime report Wednesday. While overall crime is up, subcategories of crime vary.

CMPD says that crime is down 16% compared to 2020 first-quarter crime stats. Property crime is down, including a 33% drop in residential burglaries. Fewer cars were broken into and commercial burglaries are also down. But there have also been 25 homicides so far this year.

Domestic violence reports are on the rise in Charlotte, as stay-at-home orders and other stresses related to the COVID-19 outbreak bring turmoil to…