Photo: Fvman · Public domainFuquay-Varina sees less crime per resident than four in five U.S. towns
It has less violent crime than 78% of U.S. towns, and less property crime than 77%. Add to that, on crimes Fuquay-Varina’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A− for safety: #7 of 163 graded towns in North Carolina. Typical years here bring 0.7 violent crime plus 5.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 5.1 plus 28.1 in the rest of North Carolina.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of NC” is every other North Carolina city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Fuquay-Varina
Fuquay-Varina reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 North Carolina towns on Fuquay-Varina’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Holly Springs (B+), Garner (D). Neighbors ↓
Among North Carolina towns, higher
North Carolina’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Fuquay-Varina’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 96% of the 163 North Carolina towns we grade, against 80% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Fuquay-Varina’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Fuquay-Varina | Rest of North Carolina | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Fuquay-Varina’s police reported 99 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.1 in the rest of North Carolina and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Fuquay-Varina per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Fuquay-Varina property | Rest of North Carolina property | Fuquay-Varina violent | Rest of North Carolina violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.5 | 29.0 | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 6.1 | 29.8 | 0.7 | 5.5 |
| 2024 | 5.8 | 29.0 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 2025 | 4.6 | 25.4 | 0.7 | 4.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of North Carolina.
265 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
37 violent and 228 property, as reported to the FBI by Fuquay-Varina’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Fuquay-Varina’s roads in 2019–2023
Fuquay-Varina had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is fewer than is typical for North Carolina towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (7.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Fuquay-Varina’s size would see about 16 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fuquay-Varina’s own rate (2.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Fuquay-Varina and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuquay-Varina | A− | 0.7 | 5.5 |
| Holly Springs | B+ | 1.0 | 8.6 |
| Garner | D | 4.3 | 40.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
North Carolina towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuquay-Varina | A− | 0.7 | 5.5 |
| Mooresville | C | 2.2 | 20.7 |
| Wilson | D | 5.3 | 23.9 |
| Hickory | D | 4.9 | 29.1 |
| Monroe | D | 6.7 | 30.5 |
| Rocky Mount | D− | 7.7 | 35.4 |
The five graded North Carolina towns closest to Fuquay-Varina’s population (48,536), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Fuquay-Varina. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Fuquay-Varina’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (49,846 in 2025); our figure for Fuquay-Varina is 48,536 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Fuquay-Varina
Is Fuquay-Varina, NC safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fuquay-Varina reports less crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #7 of 163 in North Carolina. Its police reported 0.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.1 in the rest of North Carolina and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Fuquay-Varina?
0.7 violent and 5.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of North Carolina reports 5.1 and 28.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Fuquay-Varina in 2025?
Fuquay-Varina’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Fuquay-Varina safer than Holly Springs?
Holly Springs reports more crime per resident than Fuquay-Varina: Holly Springs grades B+ for safety and Fuquay-Varina A−. Holly Springs’s police reported 1.0 violent and 8.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Fuquay-Varina?
Fuquay-Varina’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fuquay-Varina”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.