While up, downtown crime sits below pre-pandemic levels

Most often, police are responding to nonviolent issues like misdemeanor drug violations, non-criminal offenses, and simple assault.

Data compares daily police incidents between Jan. 1 and Nov. 28, annually.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the governor enacted stay-at-home order starting in March 2020 through early 2021. As such, caution should be taken when comparing data reported these years in comparison to others.
Chart: Ali Ingersoll, WRAL Data JournalistSource: RPDGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper