Ahoskie, NC carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 98% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Ahoskie, NC shows violent crime at 698.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 4,061.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 98% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
698.7/100K violent
4061.1/100K property
+98% vs U.S.
The verdict
Ahoskie earns an F safety grade: violent crime runs 98% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
F
PlainCrime safety grade
+98%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
7th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
4,061.1
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Ahoskie, NC
Comparable rate records
Ahoskie's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the North Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Ahoskie's 698.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Pineville (723.7), Tarboro (668.5), Marshville (666.4), Charlotte-Mecklenburg (733.2). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Ahoskie reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina cities
At 698.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Ahoskie ranks 31 of 206 — above 175 of the 205 other North Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +165.2% against the cohort median of 263.5. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 887.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 698.7 in 2024 (-21.3%). The highest observed value was 1163.8 in 2023 and the lowest 579.7 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 14.7% of the 218 Part I offenses reported in Ahoskie for 2024, against a median of 11.4% across comparable North Carolina cities — a gap of 3.2 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Ahoskie's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-40%
1163.8 → 698.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
+14.2%
3557.3 → 4061.1/100K
Property offenses lead Ahoskie's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs NC
Property Crime
186
4061.1
1711
1929.5
Larceny-Theft
132
2882.1
-
-
Burglary
40
873.4
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
14
305.7
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
32
698.7
352
364.6
Aggravated Assault
24
524
-
-
Robbery
4
87.3
-
-
Rape
3
65.5
-
-
Murder
1
21.8
-
-
Ahoskie Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Ahoskie property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
4,061.1/100K↑14.2%vs 2023
Ahoskie violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
698.7/100K↓40%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
4,733
887.4
3993.2
231
2021
Comparable
4,653
816.7
2664.9
162
2022
Comparable
4,830
579.7
2318.8
140
2023
Comparable
4,554
1163.8
3557.3
215
2024
Comparable
4,580
698.7
4061.1
218
How Ahoskie sits among NC peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Ahoskie Police Department NIBRS-participating
Ahoskie's crime figures on this page originate from Ahoskie Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in North Carolina
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the North Carolina cities closest to Ahoskie in population. Their populations run from 4,495 to 4,660, against 4,580 here. Or use our
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These North Carolina cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Ahoskie's 698.7/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Ahoskie has a violent crime rate of 698.7 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 4061.1 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Ahoskie, NC safe? ▼
Ahoskie receives a safety grade of F (High Risk), with a safety score of 1/100. The violent crime rate is 98% above the national average and 92% above the North Carolina average.
What is the population of Ahoskie, NC? ▼
The reporting population for Ahoskie is 4,580 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Ahoskie? ▼
In 2024, Ahoskie reported 32 violent crimes and 186 property crimes, for a total of 218 reported offenses.
How do Ahoskie's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Ahoskie recorded about one reported offense per 21 residents and one reported violent offense per 143 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Ahoskie? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Ahoskie's violent crime rate decreased by 40%, and the property crime rate increased by 14.2%.
What is the most common crime in Ahoskie? ▼
The most common crime type in Ahoskie is larceny-theft, accounting for 60.6% of all reported crimes (132 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Ahoskie is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Ahoskie, NC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.