County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Wilson County, NC
At 78,784 residents, Wilson 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
274
Property offenses
49
Violent offenses
323
Total · 2024
Wilson County, NC reported 62 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Wilson County, NC agencies reported 49 violent and 274 property offenses. That equals about 62 violent and 348 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
49 violent offenses
62/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Wilson County, NC
Position in the state cohort
Wilson County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable North Carolina counties
At 62.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Wilson County ranks 68 of 77 — above 9 of the 76 other North Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -50.3% 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 70.4% of reported property offenses in Wilson County, against a cohort median of 58.4%. The remainder is burglary (40) and motor vehicle theft (41). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 55.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 62.2 in 2024 (+11.4%). The highest observed value was 62.2 in 2024 and the lowest 54.6 in 2023. 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
274
Violent Crime
49
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
274
Burglary
40
Larceny-Theft
193
Motor Vehicle Theft
41
Arson
2
Violent Crime
49
Murder
4
Rape
1
Robbery
4
Aggravated Assault
40
Reporting Agency
Wilson County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Wilson County's crime figures on this page originate from Wilson 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 Wilson County, NC?▼
In 2024, Wilson County reported 49 violent crimes and 274 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Wilson County safe?▼
Wilson County reported 323 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 Wilson County in population. Their populations run from 71,359 to 87,570, against 78,784 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.