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Charlotte, NC · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Charlotte

Charlotte ranks T#107 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 20 — Quiet. That puts it in the 21st percentile nationally and #5 of 6 in North Carolina.

safety score
20
Quiet
National rank
T#107 of 134
In North Carolina
#5 of 6
Percentile
21st

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Charlotte sits 30 points below the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Charlotte

  1. #105 Louisville, KY 22
  2. #106 Burlington, VT 21
  3. T#107 Charlotte, NC — this page 20
  4. #109 Honolulu, HI 19
  5. #110 Orlando, FL 18

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Charlotte

Charlotte scores 54 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: