Leland, NC is safer than most U.S. cities, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 73% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Leland, NC shows violent crime at 96.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 983.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 73% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
96.5/100K violent
983.1/100K property
-73% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Leland, NC
Comparable rate records
Leland's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the North Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Leland's 96.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Ocean Isle Beach (98.1), Morrisville (99.0), Mint Hill (99.1), Pittsboro (101.3). 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 64.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 96.5 in 2024 (+50.6%). The highest observed value was 102.7 in 2021 and the lowest 56.7 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Leland reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina cities
At 96.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Leland ranks 166 of 206 — above 40 of the 205 other North Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -66.2% 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 Leland'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.
Leland's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 28.4 Census sq mi, Leland logged 11.5 property and 1.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Leland's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (65% of 358 offenses; mix index 4,758).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (28.4 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+92.3%
511.2 → 983.1/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+0.6%
95.9 → 96.5/100K
Property offenses lead Leland's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs NC
Property Crime
326
983.1
1929.5
Larceny-Theft
232
699.6
-
Burglary
81
244.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
13
39.2
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
32
96.5
364.6
Aggravated Assault
17
51.3
-
Rape
11
33.2
-
Robbery
4
12.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Leland Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Leland 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
Leland Police Department
Reporting agency for Leland NIBRS-participating
Leland Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Leland's 358 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 Leland in population. Their populations run from 31,422 to 36,720, against 33,162 here. Or use our
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Leland at 96.5/100K violent and 983.1/100K property - matched below outside North Carolina (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Leland reported 32 violent crimes and 326 property crimes, for a total of 358 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Leland?
From 2023 to 2024, Leland's violent crime rate increased by 0.6%, and the property crime rate increased by 92.3%.
What is the most common crime in Leland?
The most common crime type in Leland is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.8% of all reported crimes (232 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Leland 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 Leland, NC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.