Crime Statistics

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…

Homicides in Charlotte are up sharply this year, according to quarterly statistics released Wednesday by Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department. CMPD…

Violent crime in Charlotte was up sharply during the first three months of the year, compared with a year ago. That's according to statistics out…

There were 62 murders in Charlotte last year, a big increase from 2014. Meanwhile, the new year already has seen its first homicide, a fatal shooting off…

CMPD Chief Rodney Monroe delivered the end of year crime statistics on Wednesday. Overall, the number of crimes dropped by 5.5 percent in 2013.The number…