What is the crime rate in Hickory, NC?

In 2025, the Hickory Police Department reported 255 violent crimes and 1,323 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 561 violent and 2,912 property crimes per 100,000 of the 45,436 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: 561
Property per 100,000: 2,912
Violent crimes: 255
Property crimes: 1,323

Crime reported by the Hickory 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	222	501	1,346	3,035	44,351
2024	183	410	1,272	2,847	44,682
2025	255	561	1,323	2,912	45,436

Violent crimes reported went from 222 in 2023 to 255 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,346 in 2023 to 1,323 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.

Hickory against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Hickory	561	2,912
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 Hickory, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Hickory	—	561	2,912
Granite Falls	7.1 mi	162	2,367
Newton	7.3 mi	446	2,361
Hudson	12 mi	27	1,062
Valdese	14 mi	191	1,971
Taylorsville	15 mi	0	524
Drexel	16 mi	0	168

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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