County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Rockingham County, NC
At 91,096 residents, Rockingham 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
364
Property offenses
65
Violent offenses
429
Total · 2024
Rockingham County, NC reported 71 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Rockingham County, NC agencies reported 65 violent and 364 property offenses. That equals about 71 violent and 400 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
65 violent offenses
71/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Rockingham County, NC
Position in the state cohort
Rockingham County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina counties
At 71.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Rockingham County ranks 63 of 77 — above 14 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -43.0% 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 88.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 71.4 in 2024 (-19.8%). The highest observed value was 88.9 in 2020 and the lowest 49.4 in 2022. 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
364
Violent Crime
65
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
364
Burglary
95
Larceny-Theft
227
Motor Vehicle Theft
42
Arson
2
Violent Crime
65
Murder
1
Rape
20
Robbery
3
Aggravated Assault
41
Reporting Agency
Rockingham County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Rockingham County's crime figures on this page originate from Rockingham 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 Rockingham County, NC?▼
In 2024, Rockingham County reported 65 violent crimes and 364 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Rockingham County safe?▼
Rockingham County reported 429 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.