County crime profile · 2024 · mid-size county · property-led

Caswell County, NC

Caswell County (22,736 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.

Data updated 2026-07-13

51
Property offenses
20
Violent offenses
71
Total · 2024

Caswell County, NC reported 88 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Caswell County, NC agencies reported 20 violent and 51 property offenses. That equals about 88 violent and 224 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
  • 20 violent offenses
  • 88/100K violent rate

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Caswell County, NC

Small-count caution

The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable

Caswell County reported 20 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 22,736. 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.

Position in the state cohort

Caswell County sits mid-pack among comparable North Carolina counties

At 88.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Caswell County ranks 55 of 77 — above 22 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -29.7% against the cohort median of 125.2. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.

Offense mix

Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix

Violent offenses are 28.2% of the 71 Part I offenses reported in Caswell County for 2024, against a median of 17.9% across comparable North Carolina counties — a gap of 10.2 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 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 79.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 88.0 in 2024 (+11.1%). The highest observed value was 88.0 in 2024 and the lowest 52.8 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

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
51
Violent Crime
20
Data Year
2024

Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · mid-size county

Category Count
Property Crime 51
Burglary 12
Larceny-Theft 31
Motor Vehicle Theft 8
Arson 0
Violent Crime 20
Murder 1
Rape 6
Robbery 1
Aggravated Assault 12

Reporting Agency

Caswell County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating

Caswell County's crime figures on this page originate from Caswell 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 Caswell County, NC?
In 2024, Caswell County reported 20 violent crimes and 51 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Caswell County safe?
Caswell County reported 71 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

A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the North Carolina counties closest to Caswell County in population. Their populations run from 21,193 to 25,751, against 22,736 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.

ZIP Codes in Caswell County

Explore PlainCrime

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.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 10 county crime · 2024 Caswell County, NC figures cover participating agencies only.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.