County crime profile · 2024 · mid-size county · property-led
Alexander County, NC
Alexander County (36,444 people) sits in the mid-size county band in North Carolina. This page opens with reported offense counts, then rates where a Census join exists.
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Data updated 2026-07-13
283
Property offenses
80
Violent offenses
363
Total · 2024
Alexander County, NC reported 220 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Alexander County, NC agencies reported 80 violent and 283 property offenses. That equals about 220 violent and 777 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
80 violent offenses
220/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Alexander County, NC
Position in the state cohort
Alexander County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina counties
At 219.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Alexander County ranks 17 of 77 — above 60 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +80.6% against the cohort median of 121.5. Counties 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 164.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 219.5 in 2024 (+33.3%). The highest observed value was 271.6 in 2023 and the lowest 164.6 in 2020. 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 22.0% of the 363 Part I offenses reported in Alexander County for 2024, against a median of 17.9% across comparable North Carolina counties — a gap of 4.1 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.
Mid-size county rows still aggregate voluntary UCR submissions. Per-100,000 rates need a matched 2020 Census population; unmatched stay count-only. County-wide totals rarely describe any single town inside the line.
Property Crime
283
Violent Crime
80
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · mid-size county
Category
Count
Property Crime
283
Burglary
97
Larceny-Theft
159
Motor Vehicle Theft
27
Arson
2
Violent Crime
80
Murder
2
Rape
11
Robbery
3
Aggravated Assault
64
Reporting Agency
Alexander County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Alexander County's crime figures on this page originate from Alexander County Sheriff's Office'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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the crime rate in Alexander County, NC?▼
In 2024, Alexander County reported 80 violent crimes and 283 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Alexander County safe?▼
Alexander County reported 363 total crimes in 2024.Property crime accounts for the majority of offenses. Compare with other counties in North Carolina on our state page for context.
Similar-Size Counties in North Carolina
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.