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 January 8, 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 week of 2025, total impact crime was down 41%. Property 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
Below is a comparison of the statistics from 2023 and 2024 as well as the five year average. The numbers in white are increases while the yellow numbers are decreases. High Point is in a better place than it was five years ago, thanks to the very hard work of our police department.
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
Significant Sentencing
There were no new significant cases to report as of January 8, 2025.