The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Pineville, NC
Pineville is a town of 16,500 in Mecklenburg County, about 11 miles south of downtown Charlotte · Updated November 2026
Is Pineville, NC safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Pineville has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 69% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Pineville run from A to D, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 704 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
31% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Pineville as a whole, and 69% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pineville scores 704.
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 Pineville, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pineville, 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 Pineville
One weak spot: burglary. It grades C- in Pineville, worse than in the neighborhoods where 95% of Americans live, against B- for property crime as a whole.
Thefts from cars happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Pineville, 58% of reported thefts from cars happen at stores and businesses, against 10% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Pineville
Low crime is the norm across Pineville: 97% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Pineville run from A to D; 30% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
97%
A or B 97%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Pineville, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Pineville?
Since 2019, reported property crime in Pineville is down 32%, while violent crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.6 to 6.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 118 to 80 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
PinevilleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Pineville. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Pineville
Violent, US
Property, Pineville
Property, US
2016
-17%
+4%
+14%
+15%
2017
-16%
+4%
+13%
+12%
2018
+13%
+0%
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-25%
+4%
-29%
-8%
2021
+2%
+6%
-19%
-10%
2022
-33%
+5%
-30%
-6%
2023
-7%
+2%
-32%
-7%
2024
-6%
-4%
-32%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Pineville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pineville has about 99 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and more than double the rate for 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 makes up about 49% of crime reported in Pineville. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Pineville
Pineville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Pineville, 31% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (57%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (51%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Stores and businesses (58%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (80%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Pineville compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Pineville, 8 have less crime. Weddington and Waxhaw have the least.
Two things set Pineville apart: it has 38.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 111 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and they run high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.38.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.111 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 97% 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. 85% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 64% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 97% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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 Pineville: D- (10 of 100).18 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 91% 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 Pineville
Crime costs Pineville about $2,256 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 87% 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 $38 million a year, or $2,330 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.1 million
$129
Rape
$230,000
$14
Robbery
$710,000
$43
Assault
$4.1 million
$251
Burglary
$1.2 million
$75
Theft
$4.1 million
$250
Vehicle theft
$1.6 million
$96
Arson
$57,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.2 million
$75
Total
$15 million
$937
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 Pineville 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.
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 Pineville, NC average a SchoolGrade of A-: 68% of students test proficient, against 54% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Pineville on SchoolGrade
