County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Henderson County, NC
At 116,281 residents, Henderson 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
715
Property offenses
89
Violent offenses
804
Total · 2024
Henderson County, NC reported 77 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Henderson County, NC agencies reported 89 violent and 715 property offenses. That equals about 77 violent and 615 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
89 violent offenses
77/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Henderson County, NC
Position in the state cohort
Henderson County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina counties
At 76.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Henderson County ranks 62 of 77 — above 15 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -38.9% 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.
2021–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 96.3 per 100,000 in 2021 to 76.5 in 2024 (-20.5%). The highest observed value was 98.0 in 2023 and the lowest 76.5 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 11.1% of the 804 Part I offenses reported in Henderson County for 2024, against a median of 18.0% across comparable North Carolina counties — a gap of 6.9 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
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 45.0% of reported property offenses in Henderson County, against a cohort median of 58.7%. The remainder is burglary (324) and motor vehicle theft (69). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
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
715
Violent Crime
89
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
715
Burglary
324
Larceny-Theft
322
Motor Vehicle Theft
69
Arson
5
Violent Crime
89
Murder
0
Rape
24
Robbery
3
Aggravated Assault
62
Reporting Agency
Henderson County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Henderson County's crime figures on this page originate from Henderson 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 Henderson County, NC?▼
In 2024, Henderson County reported 89 violent crimes and 715 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was burglary.
Is Henderson County safe?▼
Henderson County reported 804 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 Henderson County in population. Their populations run from 99,519 to 117,333, against 116,281 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.