Crime & Safety in Wake Forest

Wake Forest's crime data broadly agrees in direction across the sources checked this session -- every source read it as safer than typical -- though the sources disagree meaningfully on the specific normalized rate depending on methodology, worth disclosing rather than picking one number.

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NeighborhoodScout's read: not among the highest-crime communities

NeighborhoodScout cites an overall crime rate of 14 crimes per 1,000 residents for Wake Forest, describing it as not among the communities with the very highest crime rates. This is a real, if more modest, positive read than the specific per-1,000 figures cited for Apex, though both point the same general direction (safer than many comparable towns).

A separate source cites a differently scaled but also favorable read

A separate crime data aggregator reports Wake Forest's overall crime rate at 12.49 compared to a national average of 33.37 on its own scale, with violent crime specifically at 1.23 and property crime at 11.26 -- also reading the town as safer than typical, but using a different normalization/scale than NeighborhoodScout's per-1,000 figures, making the two numbers not directly comparable even though both point the same direction. A 2026 overall crime grade of B is cited by yet another aggregator, consistent with "safer than average, not the very safest" rather than an A-tier reading.

Specific violent- and property-crime odds

By one source's figures, the chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Wake Forest is roughly 1 in 692, and the property crime rate is cited at 13 per 1,000 residents, with a roughly 1-in-77 chance of being a victim of any property or violent crime in a given year.

Socioeconomic context cited alongside the crime data

One source cites Wake Forest's median household income at $100,162 with a poverty rate of just 4% -- socioeconomic indicators that source explicitly connects to reduced crime activity, though this is that source's own framing rather than an independently verified causal claim.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-22. Independent research; not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.