Neighborhood overview
Downtown, Raleigh
Recent police-feed safety data for Downtown in Raleigh, compared to the $FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 national average. Sourced directly from the Raleigh police open-data feed.
Safety Index
Downtown reports below Raleigh's citywide rate.
Violent (persons)
350 / 100k local
vs Raleigh 401 / 100k citywide (-13%)
reference: FBI 328 / 100k national (+7%)
Property
1,237 / 100k local
vs Raleigh 2,163 / 100k citywide (-43%)
reference: FBI 1,548 / 100k national (-20%)
~80,172 residents (estimated, US Census Vintage 2023) · window ~364 days · newest report 5/26/2026 · FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 (annual sum of monthly UCR rates)
Recent activity (581 reports in the last 30 days)
Most reports cluster in late night (12am–6am) (32% of the window).
- · violent / persons reports down 2 week-over-week (21 this week, 23 the week before).
- · property reports down 17 week-over-week (22 this week, 39 the week before).
- · society / public-order reports down 26 week-over-week (69 this week, 95 the week before).
- · Most reports in Downtown occur during late night (12am-6am) — 32% of the past 30 days landed in that window.
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How to read this: CommunitySafe summarizes publicly published police reports. Scores reflect historical reporting only — not predictions of future risk, and not a substitute for professional safety advice. Should not be used as the sole basis for housing, lending, insurance, or hiring decisions. See /methodology for the full calculation.