Plymouth, NC carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 429% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Plymouth, NC shows violent crime at 1,861.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,502.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 429% 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
1861.8/100K violent
3502.7/100K property
+429% vs U.S.
The verdict
Plymouth earns an F safety grade: violent crime runs 429% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
F
PlainCrime safety grade
+429%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
0th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
3,502.7
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Plymouth, NC
Position in the state cohort
Plymouth reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina cities
At 1861.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Plymouth ranks 3 of 206 — above 203 of the 205 other North Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +606.6% 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 34.7% of the 170 Part I offenses reported in Plymouth for 2024, against a median of 11.4% across comparable North Carolina cities — a gap of 23.3 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 1177.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 1861.8 in 2024 (+58.1%). The highest observed value was 1861.8 in 2024 and the lowest 913.2 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
Plymouth's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the North Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Plymouth's 1861.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Laurinburg (1894.1), Henderson (1791.6), Wadesboro (2037.1), Lumberton (1676.5). 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.
Property counts dominate Plymouth'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.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+30.4%
1428.1 → 1861.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
+25.4%
2794.2 → 3502.7/100K
Property offenses lead Plymouth's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs NC
Property Crime
111
3502.7
1711
1929.5
Larceny-Theft
74
2335.1
-
-
Burglary
31
978.2
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
6
189.3
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
59
1861.8
352
364.6
Aggravated Assault
49
1546.2
-
-
Murder
4
126.2
-
-
Rape
4
126.2
-
-
Robbery
2
63.1
-
-
Plymouth Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Plymouth property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
3,502.7/100K↑25.4%vs 2023
Plymouth violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
1,861.8/100K↑30.4%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
3,311
1177.9
2688
128
2021
Comparable
3,285
913.2
2983.3
128
2022
Comparable
3,204
1404.5
2965
140
2023
Comparable
3,221
1428.1
2794.2
136
2024
Comparable
3,169
1861.8
3502.7
170
How Plymouth sits among NC peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Plymouth Police Department NIBRS-participating
Plymouth's crime figures on this page originate from Plymouth 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 Plymouth in population. Their populations run from 2,915 to 3,340, against 3,169 here. Or use our
side-by-side compare tool
to benchmark two cities directly.
These North Carolina cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Plymouth's 1,861.8/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Plymouth has a violent crime rate of 1861.8 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 3502.7 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Plymouth, NC safe? ▼
Plymouth receives a safety grade of F (High Risk), with a safety score of 0/100. The violent crime rate is 429% above the national average and 411% above the North Carolina average.
What is the population of Plymouth, NC? ▼
The reporting population for Plymouth is 3,169 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Plymouth? ▼
In 2024, Plymouth reported 59 violent crimes and 111 property crimes, for a total of 170 reported offenses.
How do Plymouth's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Plymouth recorded about one reported offense per 19 residents and one reported violent offense per 54 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Plymouth? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Plymouth's violent crime rate increased by 30.4%, and the property crime rate increased by 25.4%.
What is the most common crime in Plymouth? ▼
The most common crime type in Plymouth is larceny-theft, accounting for 43.5% of all reported crimes (74 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Plymouth 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 Plymouth, NC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.