City Population Violent / 100K Property / 100K Grade
Troy 2,985 301.5 1,608 C
Wilson's Mills 2,915 754.7 1,097.8 F
Pembroke 2,836 916.8 7,933.7 F
Franklinton 2,806 285.1 3,278.7 C
Warsaw 2,738 328.7 3,031.4 C
Marshville 2,701 666.4 2,258.4 F
Sylva 2,697 519.1 4,301.1 F
Four Oaks 2,624 152.4 571.6 A
Mayodan 2,464 81.2 7,832.8 B
Richlands 2,457 81.4 1,139.6 A
Wrightsville Beach 2,405 207.9 3,659 C
Haw River 2,381 504 2,771.9 D
Youngsville 2,368 0 2,195.9 A
Pine Level 2,353 0 340 A+
Jonesville 2,332 171.5 6,560.9 C
Murfreesboro 2,327 558.7 1,590 D
Coats 2,300 217.4 2,043.5 B
Taylorsville 2,258 0 1,195.7 A+
Fairmont 2,208 1,041.7 4,483.7 F
Spruce Pine 2,189 91.4 1,507.5 A
Madison 2,165 46.2 1,986.1 A
Maxton 2,116 236.3 992.4 B
Biscoe 1,853 215.9 3,777.7 C
Drexel 1,761 0 56.8 A+
Sharpsburg 1,755 512.8 1,253.6 D
Maggie Valley 1,751 456.9 5,082.8 D
Jefferson 1,638 122.1 1,526.3 B
Tryon 1,620 123.5 1,543.2 B
Chadbourn 1,538 390.1 4,031.2 D
Bryson City 1,495 602 1,538.5 D
Snow Hill 1,467 204.5 2,113.2 B
Biltmore Forest 1,448 0 621.5 A+
Pine Knoll Shores 1,440 0 625 A+
Atlantic Beach 1,418 775.7 3,596.6 F
Broadway 1,367 0 1,389.9 A
Weldon 1,365 73.3 2,710.6 B
Blowing Rock 1,347 148.5 2,821.1 B
West Jefferson 1,340 74.6 4,477.6 B
Banner Elk 1,155 0 173.2 A+
Beulaville 1,145 524 3,231.4 F
Highlands 1,122 0 1,693.4 A
Columbus 1,109 0 1,532.9 A
North Topsail Beach 1,090 0 1,467.9 A
Ocean Isle Beach 1,019 98.1 3,042.2 B
Holden Beach 945 105.8 1,481.5 A
Middlesex 945 0 1,164 A+
Rowland 890 337.1 3,370.8 D
Cleveland 888 225.2 1,013.5 B
Maysville 848 235.8 1,061.3 B
Star 824 364.1 2,427.2 C
Kenansville 762 262.5 2,755.9 C
Stantonsburg 757 528.4 924.7 D
Beech Mountain 656 152.4 457.3 A
Saluda 646 309.6 1,393.2 C
Caswell Beach 397 0 0 A+
Bunn 373 0 2,144.8 A
Showing cities 151–206 of 206 in North Carolina, by population. See the North Carolina safest and most dangerous city rankings, or the North Carolina crime overview.

How These City Grades Are Calculated

Each grade weighs a city's violent crime rate (70%) and property crime rate (30%) against the national averages, drawn from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States, Table 8 for 2024. Rates use (offenses ÷ population) × 100,000.

UCR participation is voluntary, so not every North Carolina city reports every year, and small-population cities can show volatile rates where a single incident moves the per-capita figure sharply. Read the full methodology for the scoring formula and limitations.