What is the crime rate in Belmont, NC?

In 2025, the Belmont Police Department reported 50 violent crimes and 337 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 307 violent and 2,071 property crimes per 100,000 of the 16,272 residents it serves.

Across North Carolina the rates were 334 and 1,815.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 307
Property per 100,000: 2,071
Violent crimes: 50
Property crimes: 337

Crime reported by the Belmont Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	44	284	508	3,276	15,508
2024	61	389	451	2,878	15,672
2025	50	307	337	2,071	16,272

Violent crimes reported went from 44 in 2023 to 50 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 508 in 2023 to 337 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Belmont against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Belmont	307	2,071
Gaston County	425	1,662
North Carolina	334	1,815
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Belmont, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Belmont	—	307	2,071
Cramerton	1.9 mi	53	1,638
Lowell	5.2 mi	358	1,328
Mount Holly	6.7 mi	206	1,096
Ranlo	6.9 mi	166	581
Gastonia	8.4 mi	890	2,898
Stanley	9.7 mi	72	1,074
Dallas	10 mi	63	1,448
Charlotte	12 mi	559	3,417

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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