County crime profile · 2024 · mid-size county · property-led
Montgomery County, NC
Montgomery County (25,751 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
153
Property offenses
55
Violent offenses
208
Total · 2024
Montgomery County, NC reported 214 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Montgomery County, NC agencies reported 55 violent and 153 property offenses. That equals about 214 violent and 594 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
55 violent offenses
214/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Montgomery County, NC
Position in the state cohort
Montgomery County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina counties
At 213.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Montgomery County ranks 19 of 77 — above 58 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +75.8% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 26.4% of the 208 Part I offenses reported in Montgomery 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 190.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 213.6 in 2024 (+12.2%). The highest observed value was 407.8 in 2023 and the lowest 167.0 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
153
Violent Crime
55
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · mid-size county
Category
Count
Property Crime
153
Burglary
37
Larceny-Theft
94
Motor Vehicle Theft
22
Arson
4
Violent Crime
55
Murder
3
Rape
12
Robbery
4
Aggravated Assault
36
Reporting Agency
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Montgomery County's crime figures on this page originate from Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, NC?▼
In 2024, Montgomery County reported 55 violent crimes and 153 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Montgomery County safe?▼
Montgomery County reported 208 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
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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.