Belmont, NC is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a D PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 9% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Belmont, NC shows violent crime at 382.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,833.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 9% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
382.8/100K violent
2833.1/100K property
+9% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Belmont, NC
Comparable rate records
Belmont's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the North Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Belmont's 382.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Edenton (378.2), Hillsborough (378.0), Chadbourn (390.1), Southern Pines (368.6). 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
Belmont sits mid-pack among comparable North Carolina cities
At 382.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Belmont ranks 70 of 206 — above 136 of the 205 other North Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +45.3% 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 86.0% of reported property offenses in Belmont, against a cohort median of 74.5%. The remainder is burglary (39) and motor vehicle theft (23). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 420.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 382.8 in 2024 (-8.9%). The highest observed value was 420.3 in 2020 and the lowest 183.0 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Belmont'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.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Belmont's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 12.2 Census sq mi, Belmont logged 36.3 property and 4.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Belmont's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (76% of 504 offenses; mix index 5,920).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (12.2 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+34.9%
283.7 → 382.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-13.5%
3275.7 → 2833.1/100K
Property offenses lead Belmont's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs NC
Property Crime
444
2833.1
1711
1929.5
Larceny-Theft
382
2437.5
-
-
Burglary
39
248.9
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
23
146.8
-
-
Arson
1
6.4
-
-
Violent Crime
60
382.8
352
364.6
Aggravated Assault
48
306.3
-
-
Robbery
10
63.8
-
-
Rape
2
12.8
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Belmont Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Belmont property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Belmont Police Department
Reporting agency for Belmont NIBRS-participating
Belmont Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Belmont's 504 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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 Belmont in population. Their populations run from 14,497 to 16,574, against 15,672 here. Or use our
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Belmont at 382.8/100K violent and 2,833.1/100K property - matched below outside North Carolina (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Belmont reported 60 violent crimes and 444 property crimes, for a total of 504 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Belmont?
From 2023 to 2024, Belmont's violent crime rate increased by 34.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 13.5%.
What is the most common crime in Belmont?
The most common crime type in Belmont is larceny-theft, accounting for 75.8% of all reported crimes (382 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Belmont figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Belmont, NC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.