Havelock, NC is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 42% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Havelock, NC shows violent crime at 205.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,574.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 42% 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
205.1/100K violent
1574.8/100K property
-42% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Havelock, NC
Comparable rate records
Havelock's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the North Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Havelock's 205.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Snow Hill (204.5), Granite Falls (203.7), Wrightsville Beach (207.9), Burgaw (198.4). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 314.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 205.1 in 2024 (-34.7%). The highest observed value was 314.4 in 2020 and the lowest 156.5 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Havelock sits mid-pack among comparable North Carolina cities
At 205.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Havelock ranks 125 of 206 — above 81 of the 205 other North Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -28.0% 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.
Property counts dominate Havelock'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.
Havelock's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 17.1 Census sq mi, Havelock logged 15.3 property and 2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Havelock's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (67% of 295 offenses; mix index 5,026).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (17.1 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
+31.1%
156.5 → 205.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-12.9%
1809 → 1574.8/100K
Property offenses lead Havelock's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs NC
Property Crime
261
1574.8
1929.5
Larceny-Theft
198
1194.6
-
Burglary
61
368
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
2
12.1
-
Arson
2
12.1
-
Violent Crime
34
205.1
364.6
Aggravated Assault
28
168.9
-
Robbery
4
24.1
-
Rape
2
12.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Havelock Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Havelock 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
Havelock Police Department
Reporting agency for Havelock NIBRS-participating
Havelock Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Havelock's 295 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 Havelock in population. Their populations run from 14,994 to 18,201, against 16,574 here. Or use our
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Havelock at 205.1/100K violent and 1,574.8/100K property - matched below outside North Carolina (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Havelock reported 34 violent crimes and 261 property crimes, for a total of 295 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Havelock?
From 2023 to 2024, Havelock's violent crime rate increased by 31.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 12.9%.
What is the most common crime in Havelock?
The most common crime type in Havelock is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.1% of all reported crimes (198 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Havelock 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 Havelock, NC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.