County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Lee County, NC
At 63,285 residents, Lee 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
200
Property offenses
29
Violent offenses
229
Total · 2024
Lee County, NC reported 46 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Lee County, NC agencies reported 29 violent and 200 property offenses. That equals about 46 violent and 316 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
29 violent offenses
46/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Lee County, NC
Position in the state cohort
Lee County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina counties
At 45.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Lee County ranks 71 of 77 — above 6 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -63.4% 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.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Lee County reported 29 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 63,285. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
2022–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 3 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 64.8 per 100,000 in 2022 to 45.8 in 2024 (-29.3%). The highest observed value was 64.8 in 2022 and the lowest 45.8 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 12.7% of the 229 Part I offenses reported in Lee County for 2024, against a median of 18.0% across comparable North Carolina counties — a gap of 5.3 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 48.0% of reported property offenses in Lee County, against a cohort median of 58.7%. The remainder is burglary (83) and motor vehicle theft (21). 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
200
Violent Crime
29
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
200
Burglary
83
Larceny-Theft
96
Motor Vehicle Theft
21
Arson
2
Violent Crime
29
Murder
1
Rape
9
Robbery
1
Aggravated Assault
18
Reporting Agency
Lee County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Lee County's crime figures on this page originate from Lee 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 Lee County, NC?▼
In 2024, Lee County reported 29 violent crimes and 200 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Lee County safe?▼
Lee County reported 229 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 Lee County in population. Their populations run from 60,203 to 65,969, against 63,285 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.