Butner, NC Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Butner, NC Summary

Crime in Butner research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Butner over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Butner:

  • There were 127 total crimes committed in Butner in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,557.1 total crimes per 100K people in Butner.
  • The overall crime rate in Butner is -26.52% below the national average.
  • Butner ranks #68 safest out of 242 cities in North Carolina.
  • Butner ranks #6,190 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Butner Vs North Carolina And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Butner is 1,557.1 per 100,000 people. That's -26.52% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -33.57% lower than the North Carolina total crime rate of 2,343.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Butner
/ 100k People
North Carolina
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 127 1,557.1 2,343.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.5 5.0
Robbery 1 12.3 50.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 18 220.7 290.1 256.0
Violent Crime 20 245.2 375.8 359.0
Burglary 14 171.7 323.9 229.0
Larceny 79 968.6 1,390.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 14 171.7 254.1 259.0
Property Crime 107 1,311.9 1,968.1 1,760.0

Butner Crime Compared To North Carolina Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in North Carolina.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Butner

20
Violent Crimes
245.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-31.69%
Below The National Average
  • There were 20 violent crimes in Butner in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Butner is 245.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 407.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Butner each year. That compares to a 1 in 266.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -31.69% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -34.75% lower than the North Carolina violent crime rate of 375.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Butner

107
Property Crimes
1,311.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-25.46%
Below The National Average
  • There were 107 property crimes in Butner in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Butner is 1,311.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 76.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Butner each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -25.46% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -33.34% lower than the North Carolina property crime rate of 1,968.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Butner

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Raleigh, NC 488,085 16,146 3,308.0 2,819.2 488.8
Durham, NC 300,208 13,266 4,418.9 3,799.7 619.2
Cary, NC 181,793 2,524 1,388.4 1,317.4 71.0
Apex, NC 74,105 711 959.4 906.8 52.6
Chapel Hill, NC 63,906 1,717 2,686.8 2,514.6 172.1
Wake Forest, NC 55,872 811 1,451.5 1,304.8 146.8
Holly Springs, NC 48,199 535 1,110.0 1,029.1 80.9
Garner, NC 36,720 1,786 4,863.8 4,507.1 356.8
Morrisville, NC 32,336 819 2,532.8 2,433.8 99.0
Carrboro, NC 21,045 444 2,109.8 1,929.2 180.6

Butner SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
9.5
Safety
6
Amenities
6
Education
5
Commute
8
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