University City North, Charlotte, NC Violent Crime Rates and Maps
University City North is a neighborhood of 10,000 residents in Charlotte, about 9 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in University City North?
Violent crime is high in University City North: a C, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 88% of Americans live. Assaults make up 92% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Charlotte as a whole grades C+ for violent crime.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 411 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
12% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than University City North as a whole, and 88% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. University City North scores 411.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in University City North, Charlotte, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in University City North in Charlotte, 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 about violent crime in University City North
Robberies happen at stores and businesses more often than nationally. In Charlotte as a whole, 48% of reported robberies happen at stores and businesses, against 33% nationally.
How University City North compares within Charlotte
Areas graded C for violent crime are home to 64% of residents in University City North; 20% live in areas graded A or B and 16% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across University City North run from B+ to F.
20%64%16%
A or B 20%C 64%D or F 16%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
University City North has less violent crime than 41 of the 105 neighborhoods in Charlotte. It covers much of the Prosperity Church Road, Back Creek Church Road, and Highland Creek areas.
Is violent crime going up in Charlotte?
Reported violent crime in Charlotte as a whole peaked in 2020 and has fallen 15% since, back near its 2019 level. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 7.9 to 7.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
CharlotteUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Charlotte. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Charlotte
Violent, US
2016
-1%
+4%
2017
-7%
+4%
2018
-6%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+16%
+4%
2021
+8%
+6%
2022
+1%
+5%
2023
-2%
+2%
2024
-1%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in University City North
CrimeGrade™ estimates University City North has about 21 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 55% more than the US as a whole and close to Charlotte as a whole.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in University City North, about 92% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Charlotte
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department polices University City North; these figures cover Charlotte as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Charlotte as a whole, 57% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Stores and businesses (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (57%)
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.
Violent crime in University City North and nearby neighborhoods
University City North has less violent crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from University City North. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, University City North has more violent crime than 72% of them.
Tree cover, nightlife and walkability in University City North
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set University City North apart: it has tree cover over 34% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and 0.8 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places with a lot of tree cover tend to report less robbery, yet robbery runs higher here than that would suggest.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.34% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.0.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 75% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 assault. 69% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (34 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 51% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.54 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 73% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 violent crime costs University City North
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs University City North about $25 million a year, or $2,535 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $5.1 million, or $510 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department publishes its own crime data
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.
