County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led
Guilford County, NC
At 541,299 residents, Guilford 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
803
Property offenses
295
Violent offenses
1,098
Total · 2024
Guilford County, NC reported 55 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Guilford County, NC agencies reported 295 violent and 803 property offenses. That equals about 55 violent and 148 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
295 violent offenses
55/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Guilford County, NC
Position in the state cohort
Guilford County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina counties
At 54.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Guilford County ranks 70 of 77 — above 7 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -56.5% 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 41.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 54.5 in 2024 (+30.0%). The highest observed value was 54.5 in 2024 and the lowest 39.7 in 2021. 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 26.9% of the 1,098 Part I offenses reported in Guilford County for 2024, against a median of 17.9% across comparable North Carolina counties — a gap of 8.9 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 66.5% of reported property offenses in Guilford County, against a cohort median of 58.4%. The remainder is burglary (151) and motor vehicle theft (118). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
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
803
Violent Crime
295
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · very large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
803
Burglary
151
Larceny-Theft
534
Motor Vehicle Theft
118
Arson
11
Violent Crime
295
Murder
6
Rape
30
Robbery
30
Aggravated Assault
229
Reporting Agency
Guilford County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Guilford County's crime figures on this page originate from Guilford 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 Guilford County, NC?▼
In 2024, Guilford County reported 295 violent crimes and 803 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Guilford County safe?▼
Guilford County reported 1,098 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 Guilford County in population. Their populations run from 227,943 to 382,590, against 541,299 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.