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.
Compiled by PlainCrime, Independent crime-data publisher
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
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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.