County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led
Forsyth County, NC
At 382,590 residents, Forsyth 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).
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Data updated 2026-07-13
1,205
Property offenses
298
Violent offenses
1,503
Total · 2024
Forsyth County, NC reported 78 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Forsyth County, NC agencies reported 298 violent and 1,205 property offenses. That equals about 78 violent and 315 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
298 violent offenses
78/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Forsyth County, NC
Position in the state cohort
Forsyth County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina counties
At 77.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Forsyth County ranks 60 of 77 — above 17 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -37.8% 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 72.6% of reported property offenses in Forsyth County, against a cohort median of 58.4%. The remainder is burglary (258) and motor vehicle theft (72). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 66.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 77.9 in 2024 (+17.3%). The highest observed value was 77.9 in 2024 and the lowest 65.1 in 2021. 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
1,205
Violent Crime
298
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · very large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
1,205
Burglary
258
Larceny-Theft
875
Motor Vehicle Theft
72
Arson
18
Violent Crime
298
Murder
5
Rape
28
Robbery
17
Aggravated Assault
248
Reporting Agency
Forsyth County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Forsyth County's crime figures on this page originate from Forsyth 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 Forsyth County, NC?▼
In 2024, Forsyth County reported 298 violent crimes and 1,205 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Forsyth County safe?▼
Forsyth County reported 1,503 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 Forsyth County in population. Their populations run from 225,804 to 324,833, against 382,590 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.