CrimeMetric

Crime in Garner, North Carolina

Major crime in Garner is 1.8 times the U.S. rate per resident: 24% higher for persons crimes and 1.9 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.1% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
180
1.8 times the U.S. rate
1.6 times the North Carolina rate
down 8.1% in a year
Persons crimes
124
24% above the U.S. rate
25% above the North Carolina rate
down 4.2% in a year
Property crimes
193
1.9 times the U.S. rate
1.7 times the North Carolina rate
down 8.6% in a year
Social disorder
140
40% above the U.S. rate
14% above the North Carolina rate
down 5.6% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Shoplifting stands out most, at 4.1 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Garner for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Garner

The middle half of Garner residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 65 and 209; the typical (median) resident's is 159.

Map of Garner, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Tap one to compare it. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5019.6%
  • 50–10026.5%
  • 100–20017.9%
  • 200–40028.8%
  • 400+7.1%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest in the daytime

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm202
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am153
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm208
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am147
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.1% in a year; across North Carolina it fell 9.0%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.1%NC -9.0%-2.5%NC -9.2%
Persons crimes-4.2%NC -4.5%+11.6%NC +2.7%
Property crimes-8.6%NC -9.9%-4.5%NC -11.5%
Social disorder-5.6%NC -6.8%+5.8%NC -3.7%

Change in expected crimes, with North Carolina as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Garner against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents

76 of the 960 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Garner; the middle of the group is 77. The 9 nearest in population:

Garner, NC36,848180
Opelika, AL36,682143
Brighton, NY36,851115
Elmont, NY36,80654
Kaneohe, HI36,98753

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Garner has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Raleigh (10 mi), is 18% below Garner's rate.

Garner180
Raleigh10 mi148
Knightdale10 mi86
Clayton10 mi55
Wendell14 mi51
Cary14 mi49

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Garner

What are the most common crimes in Garner?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 482 a year), other larceny (about 194 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 169 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 4.1 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Garner's figures add up its 17 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Garner has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 88.1% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 36,848. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Garner, North Carolina." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/nc/garner

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100