County crime profile · 2024 · mid-size county · property-led
Halifax County, NC
Halifax County (48,622 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.
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Data updated 2026-07-13
379
Property offenses
136
Violent offenses
515
Total · 2024
Halifax County, NC reported 280 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Halifax County, NC agencies reported 136 violent and 379 property offenses. That equals about 280 violent and 780 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
136 violent offenses
280/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Halifax County, NC
Position in the state cohort
Halifax County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina counties
At 279.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Halifax County ranks 7 of 77 — above 70 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +130.2% against the cohort median of 121.5. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2021–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 176.9 per 100,000 in 2021 to 279.7 in 2024 (+58.1%). The highest observed value was 279.7 in 2024 and the lowest 176.9 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 26.4% of the 515 Part I offenses reported in Halifax County for 2024, against a median of 17.9% across comparable North Carolina counties — a gap of 8.5 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
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 50.7% of reported property offenses in Halifax County, against a cohort median of 58.7%. The remainder is burglary (163) and motor vehicle theft (24). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
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
379
Violent Crime
136
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · mid-size county
Category
Count
Property Crime
379
Burglary
163
Larceny-Theft
192
Motor Vehicle Theft
24
Arson
4
Violent Crime
136
Murder
15
Rape
16
Robbery
14
Aggravated Assault
91
Reporting Agency
Halifax County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Halifax County's crime figures on this page originate from Halifax 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 Halifax County, NC?▼
In 2024, Halifax County reported 136 violent crimes and 379 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Halifax County safe?▼
Halifax County reported 515 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 Halifax County in population. Their populations run from 43,109 to 54,086, against 48,622 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.