Each month the High Point Police Department shares the most recent data related to violent crimes, gang activity, gun seizures and other interactions with our community at the HPCAV monthly meeting. These meetings are always open to the public. The information below is from the March 12, 2025 meeting.
Impact (Violent) Crimes
Impact or Violent crimes include crimes against persons (homicide, manslaughter, rape, robbery, aggravated assault) and crimes against property (burglary, auto theft, all larceny). For the first ten weeks of 2025, total impact crime was down 31%. Property crimes numbers have finally come down, but these crimes continue to be a problem. These are all compared to same time last year (2024).
Click here to access crime statistics or crime in your neighborhood. Communitycrimemap.com is another source of accurate information.
Historical Trends
It is easy to get caught up in day to day statistics, which give one type of impression of safety in High Point. The graph below is a long range look at how focused deterrence has had a tremendous impact on crime in High Point since we began using this in 1997. While our population has increased 54%, our violent crime has decreased 72%. THIS is what is really going on with crime in our city.
Guns Seized
Case Update
This case received a lot of local media and social media attention.
Significant Sentencing
There is often a lengthy delay between an arrest and a court appearance and trial. Below are three cases that finally made their way through the court system.
