What is the crime rate in Elizabeth City, NC?

In 2025, the Elizabeth City Police Department reported 67 violent crimes and 466 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 350 violent and 2,437 property crimes per 100,000 of the 19,125 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: 350
Property per 100,000: 2,437
Violent crimes: 67
Property crimes: 466

Crime reported by the Elizabeth City 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	89	473	461	2,448	18,828
2024	64	336	465	2,439	19,064
2025	67	350	466	2,437	19,125

Violent crimes reported went from 89 in 2023 to 67 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 461 in 2023 to 466 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.

Elizabeth City against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Elizabeth City	350	2,437
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 Elizabeth City, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Elizabeth City	—	350	2,437
Edenton	26 mi	267	1,089
Chesapeake	27 mi	320	1,480
Southern Shores	31 mi	0	830
Virginia Beach	35 mi	101	1,486
Suffolk	36 mi	365	1,252
Portsmouth	40 mi	774	3,264

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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