Red Springs, NC carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 152% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Red Springs, NC shows violent crime at 885.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 4,365.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 152% 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
885.8/100K violent
4365.7/100K property
+152% vs U.S.
The verdict
Red Springs earns an F safety grade: violent crime runs 152% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
F
PlainCrime safety grade
+152%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
4th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
4,365.7
property crimes per 100K
Based on 28 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,161. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Red Springs, NC
Position in the state cohort
Red Springs reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina cities
At 885.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Red Springs ranks 20 of 206 — above 186 of the 205 other North Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +236.2% 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.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Red Springs reported 28 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 3,161. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Red Springs's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the North Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Red Springs's 885.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Roanoke Rapids (896.7), Dunn (903.5), Pembroke (916.8), Gastonia (849.5). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 16.9% of the 166 Part I offenses reported in Red Springs for 2024, against a median of 11.4% across comparable North Carolina cities — a gap of 5.4 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 1005.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 885.8 in 2024 (-11.9%). The highest observed value was 1056.6 in 2021 and the lowest 669.9 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Red Springs'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.
Based on 28 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,161. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
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.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+32.2%
669.9 → 885.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-29.1%
6156.3 → 4365.7/100K
Property offenses lead Red Springs's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs NC
Property Crime
138
4365.7
1711
1929.5
Larceny-Theft
94
2973.7
-
-
Burglary
27
854.2
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
17
537.8
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
28
885.8
352
364.6
Aggravated Assault
18
569.4
-
-
Rape
6
189.8
-
-
Murder
3
94.9
-
-
Robbery
1
31.6
-
-
Red Springs Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Red Springs property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
4,365.7/100K↓29.1%vs 2023
Red Springs violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
885.8/100K↑32.2%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
3,282
1005.5
8470.4
311
2021
Comparable
3,218
1056.6
4941
193
2022
Comparable
3,102
838.2
6479.7
227
2023
Comparable
3,135
669.9
6156.3
214
2024
Comparable
3,161
885.8
4365.7
166
How Red Springs sits among NC peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Red Springs Police Department NIBRS-participating
Red Springs's crime figures on this page originate from Red Springs 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 Red Springs in population. Their populations run from 2,915 to 3,340, against 3,161 here. Or use our
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These North Carolina cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Red Springs's 885.8/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Red Springs has a violent crime rate of 885.8 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 4365.7 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Red Springs, NC safe? ▼
Red Springs receives a safety grade of F (High Risk), with a safety score of 0/100. The violent crime rate is 152% above the national average and 143% above the North Carolina average.
What is the population of Red Springs, NC? ▼
The reporting population for Red Springs is 3,161 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Red Springs? ▼
In 2024, Red Springs reported 28 violent crimes and 138 property crimes, for a total of 166 reported offenses.
How do Red Springs's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Red Springs recorded about one reported offense per 19 residents and one reported violent offense per 113 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Red Springs? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Red Springs's violent crime rate increased by 32.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 29.1%.
What is the most common crime in Red Springs? ▼
The most common crime type in Red Springs is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.6% of all reported crimes (94 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Red Springs 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 Red Springs, NC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.