Property crime in Raleigh dropped 17% last year, according to the Raleigh Police Department’s annual crime report released Wednesday.
Total property crime incidents declined from 14,200 in 2024 to 11,758 in 2025.
Much of the drop came from fewer motor-vehicle thefts and larcenies from vehicles. Crime in those categories dropped by 32% and 27% respectively. In an email statement to The News & Observer, public information officer Darran Todd said the decline was part of a “downward national trend due to Kia and Hyundai fixing the software glitches in their vehicles, and the work of RPD’s Auto Theft Task Force.”…