County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Harnett County, NC
At 133,568 residents, Harnett County is a 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
1,383
Property offenses
288
Violent offenses
1,671
Total · 2024
Harnett County, NC reported 216 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Harnett County, NC agencies reported 288 violent and 1,383 property offenses. That equals about 216 violent and 1035 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
288 violent offenses
216/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Harnett County, NC
Position in the state cohort
Harnett County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina counties
At 215.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Harnett County ranks 18 of 77 — above 59 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +77.4% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 171.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 215.6 in 2024 (+25.8%). The highest observed value was 215.6 in 2024 and the lowest 171.4 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
On a 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
1,383
Violent Crime
288
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
1,383
Burglary
326
Larceny-Theft
866
Motor Vehicle Theft
191
Arson
18
Violent Crime
288
Murder
5
Rape
18
Robbery
13
Aggravated Assault
252
Reporting Agency
Harnett County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Harnett County's crime figures on this page originate from Harnett 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 Harnett County, NC?▼
In 2024, Harnett County reported 288 violent crimes and 1,383 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Harnett County safe?▼
Harnett County reported 1,671 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 Harnett County in population. Their populations run from 116,530 to 148,696, against 133,568 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.