Carrboro, NC is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 49% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Carrboro, NC shows violent crime at 180.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,929.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 49% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
180.6/100K violent
1929.2/100K property
-49% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Carrboro, NC
Comparable rate records
Carrboro's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the North Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Carrboro's 180.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Gibsonville (176.7), Matthews (184.6), Woodfin (174.3), Cherryville (173.4). 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
Carrboro sits mid-pack among comparable North Carolina cities
At 180.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Carrboro ranks 131 of 206 — above 75 of the 205 other North Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -36.7% against the cohort median of 285.1. 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 215.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 180.6 in 2024 (-16.1%). The highest observed value was 322.2 in 2021 and the lowest 180.6 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 8.6% of the 444 Part I offenses reported in Carrboro for 2024, against a median of 11.6% across comparable North Carolina cities — a gap of 3.0 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 Carrboro'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.
Carrboro's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 6.5 Census sq mi, Carrboro logged 62.6 property and 5.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Carrboro's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (66% of 444 offenses; mix index 4,698).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (6.5 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
-34.8%
277 → 180.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
-17.5%
2338.2 → 1929.2/100K
Property offenses lead Carrboro's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
406
1929.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
292
1387.5
-
Burglary
60
285.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
54
256.6
-
Arson
2
9.5
-
Violent Crime
38
180.6
352
Aggravated Assault
28
133
-
Rape
5
23.8
-
Robbery
4
19
-
Murder
1
4.8
-
Carrboro Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Carrboro property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Carrboro Police Department
Reporting agency for Carrboro NIBRS-participating
Carrboro Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Carrboro's 444 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 Carrboro in population. Their populations run from 19,064 to 22,028, against 21,045 here. Or use our
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Carrboro at 180.6/100K violent and 1,929.2/100K property - matched below outside North Carolina (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Carrboro reported 38 violent crimes and 406 property crimes, for a total of 444 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Carrboro?
From 2023 to 2024, Carrboro's violent crime rate decreased by 34.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 17.5%.
What is the most common crime in Carrboro?
The most common crime type in Carrboro is larceny-theft, accounting for 65.8% of all reported crimes (292 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Carrboro 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 Carrboro, NC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.