What is the crime rate in Forest City, NC?

In 2025, the Forest City Police Department reported 23 violent crimes and 356 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 311 violent and 4,808 property crimes per 100,000 of the 7,405 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: 311
Property per 100,000: 4,808
Violent crimes: 23
Property crimes: 356

Crime reported by the Forest 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	49	667	480	6,530	7,351
2024	39	528	394	5,331	7,391
2025	23	311	356	4,808	7,405

Violent crimes reported went from 49 in 2023 to 23 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 480 in 2023 to 356 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.

Forest City against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Forest City	311	4,808
Rutherford County	188	1,522
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 Forest City, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Forest City	—	311	4,808
Rutherfordton	5.5 mi	214	2,653
Boiling Springs	13 mi	42	462
Shelby	19 mi	879	2,457
Columbus	20 mi	0	1,425
Lake Lure	20 mi	0	645
Landrum	21 mi	174	1,044
Gaffney	22 mi	344	2,880

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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