CMPD Online Crime Reporting System

 
 

Thank you for using our online crime reporting system!  Before you begin your report, please read the ENTIRE PAGE carefully:

If you are reporting an EMERGENCY, or the crime you want to report is in progress (HAPPENING RIGHT NOW), DO NOT use this form to report it; instead, dial "9-1-1" on your telephone. This online system is not monitored continuously, and an officer will not respond in person as a result of your report.

DO NOT make an online police report if any of the following are included in the incident you wish to report:

  1. If your vehicle was stolen, or someone attempted to steal your vehicle by damaging the steering column or ignition switch, you need to call 3-1-1.

  2. ANY type of traffic accident involving a motor vehicle (this includes hit & run accidents), you need to dial 911

  3. Stolen License Plate (Tag), you need to call 311

  4. Stolen or missing handgun, you need to call 311

  5. Burglary or attempted burglary to your home; when a person breaks and enters a house, apartment, or commercial business with the intent to commit a crime. NOTE: This includes the entry into an attached garage, dial 911. If your detached garage or storage shed were burglarized, call 311.

  6. Robbery from a business or from a person (suspect takes property by force), you need to dial 911

Through the online crime reporting system you can enter information only for the following reports:

 

Crimes that can be reported online:
Description
Theft from a Vehicle Breaking into (broken window, door pried open, etc.) or entering a vehicle (through unlocked doors, etc.) with the intent to steal something. NOTE: If the ignition/steering column on your vehicle is damaged,or your vehicle, tag or a firearm is stolen, you need to call 311 to file a report with the Crime Reporting Unit over the telephone.
Criminal Damage to Property  Intentionally damaging the property of another person or organization (no fire or explosive device involved).
Harassing Telephone Calls  Using profane or indecent language to any person over the telephone, annoying or harassing by repeated telephoning. NOTE: If you are threatened with bodily harm, this will be a Communicating Threats incident, and you need to call 311 to file this incident with the Crime Reporting Unit.
Larceny Taking personal property without owner’s consent with the intention of keeping the property.  This does not include larceny of a vehicle, firearm, or license plate ( tag ) . 
Financial Identity Fraud A person knowingly obtains, possesses, or uses identifying information of another person, living or dead, with the intent to represent themselves as the other person for the purposes of making financial or credit transactions, or to gain anything of value, benefit, or advantage, or for the purpose of avoiding legal consequences.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department will take the information entered and generate an official Police Report.

You may only report crimes that have occurred within the Charlotte City Limits and the unincorporated areas of Mecklenburg County.  If the crime you are reporting occurred inside the city limits of Matthews, Pineville, Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Mint Hill, or on the property of the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, please contact the appropriate police agency.  **Financial Identity Fraud Exception**

 Please complete all information fully.  Failure to provide sufficient information can delay the processing of the reported crime and future investigation.

After submitting your report, you will receive a confirmation number.  This IS NOT your police report number.  You will be notified of the police report number, associated with your Police Report, via e-mail or phone. Our goal is to respond to all reports within 72 hours, however, due to report volumes, responses in some cases may take longer.   The police report number is a series of 14 numbers beginning with the year (ex. 2003). 

If you have completed and submitted a report, DO NOT submit a second report about the same incident.  If you haven’t received a notification regarding your online report within 72 hours, please call 311. 

The online reporting system DOES NOT allow you to make additions to already completed reports.  You will need to call 311 to make additions to your report.  

IMPORTANT NOTE: Making false reports to law enforcement agencies or officers is a crime.  Knowingly submitting a false police report is a misdemeanor under NC State law, NCGS 14-225.

 

For instructions and to file a  Financial Identity Fraud report, click here

To view instructions for filing all other online reports, click here.

If you are ready to file the report now, click on the button below: