Domestic and family violence continues to stand as a top contributor to violent interpersonal crime in North Carolina, accounting for the majority of murders of women and girls in the state and more than half of reported kidnappings and simple assaults, according to a report released this week by the Criminal Justice Analysis Center. 

Analysts reviewed data submitted to the National Incident-Based Reporting System by North Carolina law enforcement agencies as they documented crimes against persons, a category that includes reports of homicide; assault or intimidation; kidnapping or abduction; human trafficking; and sexual offenses. 

From 2020 to 2025, as overall violent interpersonal crime hit a pandemic-era peak and then declined, the number of domestic and family violence reports held steady.