Updated May 17, 2025 by the ABC11 Data Team
Updated May 17, 2025 by the ABC11 Data Team

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Aggravated Assaults
Last 12 months
1,179
 Through April 17

Average Aggravated Assaults
2022 to 2024
1,187

Yearly average

Aggravated Assault Rate
Last 12 months
251

Per 100,000 people

Average Aggravated Assault Rate
2022 to 2024
253

Per 100,000 people


Aggravated assaults over the last 12 months are down 1% compared to the annual average over the last three years, according to the latest data available from the Raleigh Police Department.

The city averaged 23 aggravated assaults a week over the last 12 months. In 2019, that number was 18 a week.

The totals include only aggravated assaults, which police generally define as someone being attacked or seriously injured by another person, whether or not they used a firearm or other weapon.

A closer look at Raleigh aggravated assaults neighborhood by neighborhood

The danger is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood. ABC11’s data team looked at the Raleigh Police Department’s data by neighborhood from 2019 through April 17, 2025.

The map color-codes each neighborhood by the aggravated assault rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blues represent neighborhoods with aggravated assault rates that are higher than the citywide rate. You can also click the box in the bottom right corner to see neighborhoods by the number of aggravated assaults.

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