County crime profile · 2024 · mid-size county · property-led
Jackson County, NC
Jackson County (43,109 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
475
Property offenses
104
Violent offenses
579
Total · 2024
Jackson County, NC reported 241 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Jackson County, NC agencies reported 104 violent and 475 property offenses. That equals about 241 violent and 1102 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
104 violent offenses
241/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Jackson County, NC
Position in the state cohort
Jackson County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina counties
At 241.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Jackson County ranks 12 of 77 — above 65 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +98.5% 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 37.7% of reported property offenses in Jackson County, against a cohort median of 58.7%. The remainder is burglary (260) and motor vehicle theft (36). 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 3 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 220.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 241.2 in 2024 (+9.5%). The highest observed value was 241.2 in 2024 and the lowest 169.3 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
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
475
Violent Crime
104
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · mid-size county
Category
Count
Property Crime
475
Burglary
260
Larceny-Theft
179
Motor Vehicle Theft
36
Arson
1
Violent Crime
104
Murder
1
Rape
24
Robbery
2
Aggravated Assault
77
Reporting Agency
Jackson County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Jackson County's crime figures on this page originate from Jackson 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 Jackson County, NC?▼
In 2024, Jackson County reported 104 violent crimes and 475 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was burglary.
Is Jackson County safe?▼
Jackson County reported 579 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 Jackson County in population. Their populations run from 39,097 to 44,578, against 43,109 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.