The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Fort Bragg, NC
Fort Bragg is a city of 21,700 in Cumberland County, about 9 miles northwest of downtown Fayetteville · Updated November 2026
Is Fort Bragg, NC safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Fort Bragg is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Fort Bragg sits near the middle: 55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Fort Bragg run from A to B-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 859 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Fort Bragg as a whole, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Fort Bragg scores 859.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Fort Bragg, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Fort Bragg, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Fort Bragg
Burglary is the exception. Fort Bragg grades A for property crime, but burglary grades B+, worse than in the neighborhoods where 74% of Americans live.
The safest and least safe parts of Fort Bragg
Every part of Fort Bragg where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Fort Bragg run from A to B-; 60% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Fort Bragg, the center has the least crime and the north side the most.
Is crime going up in Fort Bragg?
Reported crime in Fort Bragg has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 24% and property crime down 12%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 8.8 to 6.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 35 to 31 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 25%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Fort BraggUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Fort Bragg. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Fort Bragg
Violent, US
Property, Fort Bragg
Property, US
2016
-17%
+4%
+23%
+15%
2017
-17%
+4%
+19%
+12%
2018
-10%
+0%
-3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+14%
+4%
-2%
-8%
2021
+10%
+6%
-18%
-10%
2022
+11%
+5%
-3%
-6%
2023
+2%
+2%
-10%
-7%
2024
-24%
-4%
-12%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Fort Bragg
CrimeGrade™ estimates Fort Bragg has about 21 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 42% less than the US as a whole and 47% less than North Carolina.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Fort Bragg, about 35% of everything reported.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Fort Bragg
The Fayetteville Police Department polices Fort Bragg; these figures cover Fayetteville as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Fayetteville as a whole, 65% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 46% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (65%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Fort Bragg compares with nearby cities
Fort Bragg has less crime than 4 of its 7 nearest cities.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Fort Bragg
Two things set Fort Bragg apart: it has 21.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 6.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary runs high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.21.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.6.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 100% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (7 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 86% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.5.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 88% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Fort Bragg: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.23 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 82% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Fort Bragg
Crime costs Fort Bragg about $1,513 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 26% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $24 million a year, or $1,089 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.8 million
$84
Rape
$410,000
$19
Robbery
$130,000
$6
Assault
$1.5 million
$68
Burglary
$480,000
$22
Theft
$830,000
$38
Vehicle theft
$800,000
$37
Arson
$56,000
$3
Vandalism
$490,000
$23
Total
$6.5 million
$300
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Fort Bragg means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Fort Bragg is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Fort Bragg, NC average a SchoolGrade of D+: 49% of students test proficient, against 38% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Fort Bragg on SchoolGrade
