County crime profile · 2024 · mid-size county · property-led

Perquimans County, NC

Perquimans County (13,005 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.

Data updated 2026-07-13

109
Property offenses
27
Violent offenses
136
Total · 2024

Perquimans County, NC reported 208 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Perquimans County, NC agencies reported 27 violent and 109 property offenses. That equals about 208 violent and 838 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
  • 27 violent offenses
  • 208/100K violent rate

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Perquimans County, NC

Small-count caution

The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable

Perquimans County reported 27 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 13,005. 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.

Position in the state cohort

Perquimans County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina counties

At 207.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Perquimans County ranks 20 of 77 — above 57 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +70.9% 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.

2022–2024 direction

The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower

Across 3 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 253.7 per 100,000 in 2022 to 207.6 in 2024 (-18.2%). The highest observed value was 269.1 in 2023 and the lowest 207.6 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

Property-offense composition

Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort

Larceny-theft is 49.5% of reported property offenses in Perquimans County, against a cohort median of 58.7%. The remainder is burglary (43) and motor vehicle theft (12). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.

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
109
Violent Crime
27
Data Year
2024

Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · mid-size county

Category Count
Property Crime 109
Burglary 43
Larceny-Theft 54
Motor Vehicle Theft 12
Arson 2
Violent Crime 27
Murder 0
Rape 0
Robbery 5
Aggravated Assault 22

Reporting Agency

Perquimans County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating

Perquimans County's crime figures on this page originate from Perquimans 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 Perquimans County, NC?
In 2024, Perquimans County reported 27 violent crimes and 109 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Perquimans County safe?
Perquimans County reported 136 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 Perquimans County in population. Their populations run from 10,478 to 14,117, against 13,005 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.

ZIP Codes in Perquimans County

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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.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 10 county crime · 2024 Perquimans County, NC figures cover participating agencies only.

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