What is the crime rate in Hamlet, NC?

In 2024, the Hamlet Police Department reported 27 violent crimes and 235 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 458 violent and 3,984 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,898 residents it serves.

Across North Carolina the rates were 383 and 2,008.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 458
Property per 100,000: 3,984
Violent crimes: 27
Property crimes: 235

Crime reported by the Hamlet Police Department, 2023 to 2024

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	46	773	238	4,000	5,950
2024	27	458	235	3,984	5,898

Violent crimes reported went from 46 in 2023 to 27 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 238 in 2023 to 235 in 2024.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Hamlet against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Hamlet	458	3,984
Richmond County	514	3,552
North Carolina	383	2,008
United States	363	1,767

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 Hamlet, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Hamlet	—	458	3,984
Rockingham	4.4 mi	615	3,836
Laurinburg	16 mi	1,262	4,393
Cheraw	18 mi	1,034	5,413
McColl	18 mi	1,270	4,977
Bennettsville	18 mi	480	3,173
Pinebluff	20 mi	0	770
Wadesboro	21 mi	2,060	5,574
Foxfire	22 mi	0	350

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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