County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led
Durham County, NC
At 324,833 residents, Durham County is a very large county in North Carolina. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Compiled by PlainCrime, Independent crime-data publisher
Data updated 2026-07-13
494
Property offenses
91
Violent offenses
585
Total · 2024
Durham County, NC reported 28 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Durham County, NC agencies reported 91 violent and 494 property offenses. That equals about 28 violent and 152 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
91 violent offenses
28/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Durham County, NC
Position in the state cohort
Durham County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina counties
At 28.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Durham County ranks 75 of 77 — above 2 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -77.6% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 31.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 28.0 in 2024 (-9.9%). The highest observed value was 31.1 in 2020 and the lowest 27.1 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
On a very large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Property Crime
494
Violent Crime
91
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · very large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
494
Burglary
155
Larceny-Theft
270
Motor Vehicle Theft
69
Arson
5
Violent Crime
91
Murder
3
Rape
2
Robbery
14
Aggravated Assault
72
Reporting Agency
Durham County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Durham County's crime figures on this page originate from Durham 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 Durham County, NC?▼
In 2024, Durham County reported 91 violent crimes and 494 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Durham County safe?▼
Durham County reported 585 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 Durham County in population. Their populations run from 225,804 to 382,590, against 324,833 here. Or launch the
side-by-side compare tool
to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.
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.