What is the crime rate in Kings Mountain, NC?

In 2025, the Kings Mountain Police Department reported 63 violent crimes and 303 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 527 violent and 2,535 property crimes per 100,000 of the 11,953 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: 527
Property per 100,000: 2,535
Violent crimes: 63
Property crimes: 303

Crime reported by the Kings Mountain 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	75	632	283	2,384	11,871
2024	79	656	274	2,275	12,045
2025	63	527	303	2,535	11,953

Violent crimes reported went from 75 in 2023 to 63 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 283 in 2023 to 303 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.

Kings Mountain against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Kings Mountain	527	2,535
Cleveland County	395	1,341
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 Kings Mountain, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Kings Mountain	—	527	2,535
Bessemer City	5.1 mi	310	1,482
Gastonia	9.3 mi	890	2,898
Cherryville	10 mi	248	1,672
Dallas	11 mi	63	1,448
Clover	11 mi	129	669
Shelby	12 mi	879	2,457
Blacksburg	12 mi	304	1,218
Ranlo	13 mi	166	581

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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