What is the crime rate in Hillsborough, NC?

In 2025, the Hillsborough Police Department reported 20 violent crimes and 270 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 204 violent and 2,755 property crimes per 100,000 of the 9,802 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: 204
Property per 100,000: 2,755
Violent crimes: 20
Property crimes: 270

Crime reported by the Hillsborough 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	29	296	456	4,647	9,812
2024	38	388	443	4,526	9,788
2025	20	204	270	2,755	9,802

Violent crimes reported went from 29 in 2023 to 20 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 456 in 2023 to 270 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.

Hillsborough against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Hillsborough	204	2,755
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 Hillsborough, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Hillsborough	—	204	2,755
Mebane	10.0 mi	371	2,609
Carrboro	10 mi	262	1,931
Chapel Hill	11 mi	86	1,779
Durham	13 mi	507	3,599
Haw River	15 mi	165	2,308
Graham	16 mi	292	1,468
Butner	20 mi	379	1,296
Burlington	21 mi	641	2,665

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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