Roxboro, NC carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 186% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Roxboro, NC shows violent crime at 1,007.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,509.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 186% 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
1007.9/100K violent
3509.4/100K property
+186% vs U.S.
The verdict
Roxboro earns an F safety grade: violent crime runs 186% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
F
PlainCrime safety grade
+186%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
3rd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
3,509.4
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Roxboro, NC
Position in the state cohort
Roxboro reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina cities
At 1007.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Roxboro ranks 12 of 206 — above 194 of the 205 other North Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +282.5% 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
Roxboro's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the North Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Roxboro's 1007.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Fairmont (1041.7), Shelby (1044.1), Selma (1049.1), Salisbury (960.0). 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 22.3% of the 372 Part I offenses reported in Roxboro for 2024, against a median of 11.4% across comparable North Carolina cities — a gap of 10.9 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 951.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 1007.9 in 2024 (+5.9%). The highest observed value was 1274.9 in 2022 and the lowest 951.3 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Roxboro'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
-18%
4280.3 → 3509.4/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-7.4%
1088.4 → 1007.9/100K
Property offenses lead Roxboro's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs NC
Property Crime
289
3509.4
1711
1929.5
Larceny-Theft
234
2841.5
-
-
Burglary
46
558.6
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
9
109.3
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
83
1007.9
352
364.6
Aggravated Assault
69
837.9
-
-
Robbery
7
85
-
-
Rape
6
72.9
-
-
Murder
1
12.1
-
-
Roxboro Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Roxboro property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
3,509.4/100K↓18%vs 2023
Roxboro violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
1,007.9/100K↓7.4%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
8,304
951.3
3492.3
369
2021
Comparable
8,387
1108.9
3350.4
374
2022
Comparable
8,079
1274.9
4431.2
461
2023
Comparable
8,177
1088.4
4280.3
439
2024
Comparable
8,235
1007.9
3509.4
372
How Roxboro sits among NC peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Roxboro Police Department NIBRS-participating
Roxboro's crime figures on this page originate from Roxboro 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 Roxboro in population. Their populations run from 7,902 to 8,633, against 8,235 here. Or use our
side-by-side compare tool
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These North Carolina cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Roxboro's 1,007.9/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Roxboro has a violent crime rate of 1007.9 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 3509.4 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Roxboro, NC safe? ▼
Roxboro receives a safety grade of F (High Risk), with a safety score of 0/100. The violent crime rate is 186% above the national average and 176% above the North Carolina average.
What is the population of Roxboro, NC? ▼
The reporting population for Roxboro is 8,235 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Roxboro? ▼
In 2024, Roxboro reported 83 violent crimes and 289 property crimes, for a total of 372 reported offenses.
How do Roxboro's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Roxboro recorded about one reported offense per 22 residents and one reported violent offense per 99 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Roxboro? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Roxboro's violent crime rate decreased by 7.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 18%.
What is the most common crime in Roxboro? ▼
The most common crime type in Roxboro is larceny-theft, accounting for 62.9% of all reported crimes (234 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Roxboro 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 Roxboro, NC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.