Oxford, NC carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 139% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Oxford, NC shows violent crime at 841.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,587.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 139% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
841.5/100K violent
3587.2/100K property
+139% vs U.S.
The verdict
Oxford earns an F safety grade: violent crime runs 139% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
F
PlainCrime safety grade
+139%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
5th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
3,587.2
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Oxford, NC
Position in the state cohort
Oxford reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina cities
At 841.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Oxford ranks 22 of 206 — above 184 of the 205 other North Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +219.4% 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.
Comparable rate records
Oxford's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the North Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Oxford's 841.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Gastonia (849.5), Winston-Salem (809.7), Red Springs (885.8), Asheville (796.1). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 19.0% of the 400 Part I offenses reported in Oxford for 2024, against a median of 11.4% across comparable North Carolina cities — a gap of 7.6 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 1018.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 841.5 in 2024 (-17.4%). The highest observed value was 1018.6 in 2020 and the lowest 730.7 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 87.3% of reported property offenses in Oxford, against a cohort median of 74.5%. The remainder is burglary (29) and motor vehicle theft (12). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Oxford'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.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+12.5%
3188.2 → 3587.2/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+2%
825.3 → 841.5/100K
Property offenses lead Oxford's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs NC
Property Crime
324
3587.2
1711
1929.5
Larceny-Theft
283
3133.3
-
-
Burglary
29
321.1
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
12
132.9
-
-
Arson
2
22.1
-
-
Violent Crime
76
841.5
352
364.6
Aggravated Assault
60
664.3
-
-
Robbery
11
121.8
-
-
Rape
4
44.3
-
-
Murder
1
11.1
-
-
Oxford Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Oxford property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
3,587.2/100K↑12.5%vs 2023
Oxford violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
841.5/100K↑2%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
8,934
1018.6
2406.5
306
2021
Comparable
8,950
782.1
2033.5
252
2022
Comparable
8,895
730.7
2124.8
254
2023
Comparable
8,845
825.3
3188.2
355
2024
Comparable
9,032
841.5
3587.2
400
How Oxford sits among NC peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Oxford Police Department NIBRS-participating
Oxford's crime figures on this page originate from Oxford Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Oxford in population. Their populations run from 8,300 to 9,795, against 9,032 here. Or use our
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These North Carolina cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Oxford's 841.5/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Oxford has a violent crime rate of 841.5 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 3587.2 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Oxford, NC safe? ▼
Oxford receives a safety grade of F (High Risk), with a safety score of 0/100. The violent crime rate is 139% above the national average and 131% above the North Carolina average.
What is the population of Oxford, NC? ▼
The reporting population for Oxford is 9,032 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Oxford? ▼
In 2024, Oxford reported 76 violent crimes and 324 property crimes, for a total of 400 reported offenses.
How do Oxford's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Oxford recorded about one reported offense per 23 residents and one reported violent offense per 119 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Oxford? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Oxford's violent crime rate increased by 2%, and the property crime rate increased by 12.5%.
What is the most common crime in Oxford? ▼
The most common crime type in Oxford is larceny-theft, accounting for 70.8% of all reported crimes (283 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Oxford is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Oxford, NC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.