County crime profile · 2024 · mid-size county · property-led
Richmond County, NC
Richmond County (42,946 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
860
Property offenses
136
Violent offenses
996
Total · 2024
Richmond County, NC reported 317 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Richmond County, NC agencies reported 136 violent and 860 property offenses. That equals about 317 violent and 2003 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
136 violent offenses
317/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Richmond County, NC
Position in the state cohort
Richmond County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina counties
At 316.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Richmond County ranks 6 of 77 — above 71 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +160.6% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 437.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 316.7 in 2024 (-27.7%). The highest observed value was 561.2 in 2022 and the lowest 316.7 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 13.7% of the 996 Part I offenses reported in Richmond County for 2024, against a median of 18.0% across comparable North Carolina counties — a gap of 4.4 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.
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
860
Violent Crime
136
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · mid-size county
Category
Count
Property Crime
860
Burglary
246
Larceny-Theft
491
Motor Vehicle Theft
123
Arson
7
Violent Crime
136
Murder
5
Rape
12
Robbery
15
Aggravated Assault
104
Reporting Agency
Richmond County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Richmond County's crime figures on this page originate from Richmond 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 Richmond County, NC?▼
In 2024, Richmond County reported 136 violent crimes and 860 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Richmond County safe?▼
Richmond County reported 996 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 Richmond County in population. Their populations run from 39,097 to 44,578, against 42,946 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.