Crime Grade · North Carolina

Most Dangerous Cities in North Carolina

86 reporting North Carolina cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 350.3 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Laurinburg	15,138	1261.7	F9/10
2	Lumberton	18,882	1249.9	F9/10
3	Goldsboro	34,664	1107.8	F9/10
4	Henderson	14,745	1064.8	F9/10
5	Greensboro	304,306	925.7	D8/10
6	Gastonia	86,826	884.5	D8/10
7	Shelby	22,991	874.3	D8/10
8	Roanoke Rapids	14,422	832.1	D8/10
9	Kinston	19,459	776.0	C7/10
10	Asheville	95,155	750.4	C7/10
11	Pineville	11,812	702.7	C7/10
12	Winston-Salem	257,431	682.5	C7/10
13	Rocky Mount	54,581	670.6	C7/10
14	Burlington	62,361	635.0	C7/10
15	Albemarle	17,589	631.1	C7/10
16	Statesville	32,519	605.8	C6/10
17	Fayetteville	209,151	597.7	C6/10
18	Salisbury	36,900	588.1	C6/10
19	Hickory	45,436	563.4	C6/10
20	Charlotte-Mecklenburg	1,035,037	559.2	C6/10
21	High Point	119,581	521.0	C6/10
22	Kings Mountain	11,953	518.7	C6/10
23	Spring Lake	11,500	504.3	C6/10
24	Durham	307,140	503.4	C6/10
25	Reidsville	14,659	491.2	C6/10
26	Wilson	48,609	477.3	B5/10
27	Monroe	41,528	469.6	B5/10
28	Lexington	20,003	464.9	B5/10
29	Eden	15,395	454.7	B5/10
30	Greenville	96,214	442.8	B5/10
31	Newton	13,678	438.7	B5/10
32	Waynesville	10,829	424.8	B5/10
33	Hope Mills	17,838	420.5	B5/10
34	Garner	41,639	413.1	B5/10
35	Wilmington	127,752	403.9	B5/10
36	Raleigh	508,719	391.4	B5/10
37	Tarboro	11,023	390.1	B5/10
38	Southern Pines	17,329	380.9	B5/10
39	Zebulon	11,612	378.9	B5/10
40	New Bern	34,980	371.6	B5/10
41	Mebane	21,308	370.8	B5/10
42	Morganton	17,664	362.3	B5/10
43	Elizabeth City	19,125	350.3	B4/10
44	Lenoir	18,263	345.0	B4/10
45	Thomasville	27,525	341.5	B4/10
46	Hendersonville	15,770	323.4	B4/10
47	Belmont	16,272	295.0	B4/10
48	Graham	19,892	291.6	B4/10
49	Smithfield	13,192	288.1	B4/10
50	Morehead City	10,060	278.3	B4/10
51	Carrboro	21,029	261.5	B4/10
52	Mooresville	53,489	243.0	A3/10
53	Lincolnton	12,678	228.7	A3/10
54	Jacksonville	70,256	227.7	A3/10
55	Kernersville	29,334	214.8	A3/10
56	Asheboro	28,102	206.4	A3/10
57	Mount Holly	18,971	205.6	A3/10
58	Havelock	16,574	205.1	A3/10
59	Knightdale	22,474	204.7	A3/10
60	Mount Airy	10,562	198.8	A3/10
61	Matthews	31,422	184.6	A3/10
62	Sanford	32,687	180.5	A3/10
63	Winterville	10,999	172.7	A2/10
64	Kannapolis	61,883	169.7	A2/10
65	Boone	20,222	158.2	A2/10
66	Leland	37,268	126.1	A2/10
67	Mint Hill	29,430	125.7	A2/10
68	Cornelius	35,117	125.3	A2/10
69	Concord	114,348	117.2	A1/10
70	Huntersville	68,534	115.3	A1/10
71	Clayton	33,135	114.7	A1/10
72	Archdale	12,208	106.5	A1/10
73	Wendell	19,206	93.7	A1/10
74	Holly Springs	47,959	85.5	A1/10
75	Wake Forest	58,676	85.2	A1/10
76	Morrisville	33,303	84.1	A1/10
77	Chapel Hill	65,938	83.4	A1/10
78	Rolesville	12,459	80.3	A1/10
79	Cary	184,680	75.3	A1/10
80	Fuquay-Varina	49,846	74.2	A1/10
81	Pinehurst	18,714	53.4	A1/10
82	Elon	11,372	52.8	A1/10
83	Apex	78,938	46.9	A1/10
84	Waxhaw	23,823	46.2	A1/10
85	Stallings	17,988	38.9	A1/10
86	Davidson	16,654	24.0	A1/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.