What is the crime rate in Boone, NC?

In 2025, the Boone Police Department reported 32 violent crimes and 190 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 158 violent and 940 property crimes per 100,000 of the 20,222 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: 158
Property per 100,000: 940
Violent crimes: 32
Property crimes: 190

Crime reported by the Boone 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	20	100	231	1,152	20,057
2024	17	85	182	909	20,024
2025	32	158	190	940	20,222

Violent crimes reported went from 20 in 2023 to 32 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 231 in 2023 to 190 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.

Boone against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Boone	158	940
Watauga County	92	626
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 Boone, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Boone	—	158	940
Blowing Rock	5.8 mi	151	1,206
Banner Elk	12 mi	83	250
West Jefferson	15 mi	74	5,568
Jefferson	18 mi	242	1,875
Mountain City	19 mi	280	1,398
Lenoir	23 mi	345	3,006
Hudson	27 mi	27	1,062
Wilkesboro	28 mi	388	4,519

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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