What is the crime rate in Denton, NC?

In 2025, the Denton Police Department reported 3 violent crimes and 32 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 187 violent and 1,996 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,603 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: 187
Property per 100,000: 1,996
Violent crimes: 3
Property crimes: 32

Crime reported by the Denton Police Department, 2024 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
2024	6	381	42	2,665	1,576
2025	3	187	32	1,996	1,603

Violent crimes reported went from 6 in 2024 to 3 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 42 in 2024 to 32 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.

Denton against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Denton	187	1,996
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 Denton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Denton	—	187	1,996
Lexington	14 mi	465	2,845
Thomasville	17 mi	342	2,361
Asheboro	17 mi	206	2,188
East Spencer	18 mi	438	3,000
Spencer	18 mi	87	962
Granite Quarry	19 mi	159	1,180
Albemarle	20 mi	716	2,553
Archdale	20 mi	106	1,327

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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