What is the crime rate in Benson, NC?

In 2025, the Benson Police Department reported 14 violent crimes and 163 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 299 violent and 3,484 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,678 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: 299
Property per 100,000: 3,484
Violent crimes: 14
Property crimes: 163

Crime reported by the Benson 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	49	1,111	140	3,174	4,411
2024	34	749	128	2,818	4,542
2025	14	299	163	3,484	4,678

Violent crimes reported went from 49 in 2023 to 14 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 140 in 2023 to 163 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.

Benson against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Benson	299	3,484
Johnston County	133	1,033
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 Benson, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Benson	—	299	3,484
Dunn	6.6 mi	430	4,290
Coats	7.4 mi	169	2,540
Four Oaks	8.0 mi	393	1,823
Erwin	8.7 mi	323	2,281
Angier	14 mi	187	824
Smithfield	14 mi	288	3,889
Lillington	15 mi	329	2,119
Wilson's Mills	17 mi	399	1,329

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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