Siler City, NC carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 36% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Siler City, NC shows violent crime at 479 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,149.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 36% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
479/100K violent
2149.3/100K property
+36% vs U.S.
The verdict
Siler City earns a D safety grade: violent crime runs 36% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
D
PlainCrime safety grade
+36%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
15th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,149.3
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Siler City, NC
Comparable rate records
Siler City's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the North Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Siler City's 479.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Wilmington (482.8), Raleigh (488.8), Smithfield (490.2), Waynesville (499.4). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Siler City sits mid-pack among comparable North Carolina cities
At 479.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Siler City ranks 57 of 206 — above 149 of the 205 other North Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +81.8% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 689.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 479.0 in 2024 (-30.5%). The highest observed value was 727.8 in 2022 and the lowest 388.5 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 18.2% of the 214 Part I offenses reported in Siler City for 2024, against a median of 11.4% across comparable North Carolina cities — a gap of 6.8 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.
Property counts dominate Siler City'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
+23.3%
388.5 → 479/100K
Property Crime Rate
-8.8%
2355.5 → 2149.3/100K
Property offenses lead Siler City's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
175
2149.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
127
1559.8
-
Burglary
30
368.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
18
221.1
-
Arson
1
12.3
-
Violent Crime
39
479
352
Aggravated Assault
25
307
-
Rape
9
110.5
-
Robbery
5
61.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Siler City Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Siler City property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,149.3/100K↓8.8%vs 2023
Siler City violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
479/100K↑23.3%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
8,267
689.5
3991.8
387
2021
Comparable
8,473
684.5
2915.1
305
2022
Comparable
7,969
727.8
3187.4
312
2023
Comparable
8,236
388.5
2355.5
226
2024
Comparable
8,142
479
2149.3
214
How Siler City sits among NC peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Siler City Police Department NIBRS-participating
Siler City's crime figures on this page originate from Siler City 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 Siler City in population. Their populations run from 7,817 to 8,564, against 8,142 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 Siler City's 479/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Siler City has a violent crime rate of 479 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2149.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Siler City, NC safe? ▼
Siler City receives a safety grade of D (Below Average), with a safety score of 34/100. The violent crime rate is 36% above the national average and 31% above the North Carolina average.
What is the population of Siler City, NC? ▼
The reporting population for Siler City is 8,142 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Siler City? ▼
In 2024, Siler City reported 39 violent crimes and 175 property crimes, for a total of 214 reported offenses.
How do Siler City's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Siler City recorded about one reported offense per 38 residents and one reported violent offense per 209 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Siler City? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Siler City's violent crime rate increased by 23.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 8.8%.
What is the most common crime in Siler City? ▼
The most common crime type in Siler City is larceny-theft, accounting for 59.3% of all reported crimes (127 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Siler City 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 Siler City, NC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.