Graham, NC is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 2% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Graham, NC shows violent crime at 346.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,880.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 2% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
346.3/100K violent
1880.5/100K property
-2% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Graham, NC
Comparable rate records
Graham's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the North Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Graham's 346.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Elizabeth City (341.0), Rowland (337.1), Wilkesboro (356.0), Garner (356.8). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 487.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 346.3 in 2024 (-28.9%). The highest observed value was 487.3 in 2020 and the lowest 346.3 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Graham sits mid-pack among comparable North Carolina cities
At 346.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Graham ranks 81 of 206 — above 125 of the 205 other North Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +31.4% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 15.6% of the 418 Part I offenses reported in Graham for 2024, against a median of 11.4% across comparable North Carolina cities — a gap of 4.1 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 Graham'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.
Graham's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 11 Census sq mi, Graham logged 32 property and 5.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Graham leans on larceny-theft at 57% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,711.
Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (11 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
-13.6%
401 → 346.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-4.6%
1972 → 1880.5/100K
Property offenses lead Graham's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
353
1880.5
1711
Larceny-Theft
237
1262.5
-
Burglary
60
319.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
56
298.3
-
Arson
4
21.3
-
Violent Crime
65
346.3
352
Aggravated Assault
41
218.4
-
Robbery
12
63.9
-
Rape
9
47.9
-
Murder
3
16
-
Graham Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Graham 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
Graham Police Department
Reporting agency for Graham NIBRS-participating
Graham Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Graham's 418 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 Graham in population. Their populations run from 17,564 to 19,899, against 18,772 here. Or use our
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Graham at 346.3/100K violent and 1,880.5/100K property - matched below outside North Carolina (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Graham reported 65 violent crimes and 353 property crimes, for a total of 418 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Graham?
From 2023 to 2024, Graham's violent crime rate decreased by 13.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 4.6%.
What is the most common crime in Graham?
The most common crime type in Graham is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.7% of all reported crimes (237 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Graham 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 Graham, NC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.