County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Orange County, NC
At 148,696 residents, Orange 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
392
Property offenses
95
Violent offenses
487
Total · 2024
Orange County, NC reported 64 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Orange County, NC agencies reported 95 violent and 392 property offenses. That equals about 64 violent and 264 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
95 violent offenses
64/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Orange County, NC
Position in the state cohort
Orange County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina counties
At 63.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Orange County ranks 67 of 77 — above 10 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -49.0% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 43.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 63.9 in 2024 (+46.2%). The highest observed value was 80.0 in 2022 and the lowest 43.7 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
392
Violent Crime
95
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
392
Burglary
93
Larceny-Theft
240
Motor Vehicle Theft
59
Arson
4
Violent Crime
95
Murder
1
Rape
3
Robbery
7
Aggravated Assault
84
Reporting Agency
Orange County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Orange County's crime figures on this page originate from Orange 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 Orange County, NC?▼
In 2024, Orange County reported 95 violent crimes and 392 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Orange County safe?▼
Orange County reported 487 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 Orange County in population. Their populations run from 133,568 to 171,415, against 148,696 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.