Red Springs, NC is among the highest-crime cities in the country, and earns an F PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 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.
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.
Red Springs's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 3.5 Census sq mi, Red Springs logged 39.4 property and 8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Red Springs leans on larceny-theft at 57% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,710.
Violent offenses are 17% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (3.5 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
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
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Red Springs: 886 violent, 4366 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Plymouth: 1862 violent, 3503 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Windsor: 444 violent, 1205 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Southern Shores: 32 violent, 1111 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Nags Head: 256 violent, 3419 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Yadkinville: 298 violent, 1884 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Troy: 302 violent, 1608 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Louisburg: 359 violent, 5509 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Wilson's Mills: 755 violent, 1098 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Red Springs Police Department
Reporting agency for Red Springs NIBRS-participating
Red Springs Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Red Springs's 166 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 Red Springs in population. Their populations run from 2,915 to 3,340, against 3,161 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Red Springs reported 28 violent crimes and 138 property crimes, for a total of 166 reported offenses.
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.