What is the crime rate in Lenoir, NC?

In 2025, the Lenoir Police Department reported 63 violent crimes and 549 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 345 violent and 3,006 property crimes per 100,000 of the 18,263 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: 345
Property per 100,000: 3,006
Violent crimes: 63
Property crimes: 549

Crime reported by the Lenoir 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	39	214	539	2,960	18,208
2024	47	258	596	3,275	18,201
2025	63	345	549	3,006	18,263

Violent crimes reported went from 39 in 2023 to 63 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 539 in 2023 to 549 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.

Lenoir against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lenoir	345	3,006
Caldwell County	153	1,566
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 Lenoir, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lenoir	—	345	3,006
Hudson	4.7 mi	27	1,062
Granite Falls	9.5 mi	162	2,367
Valdese	11 mi	191	1,971
Drexel	11 mi	0	168
Morganton	15 mi	268	2,284
Hickory	16 mi	561	2,912
Blowing Rock	17 mi	151	1,206

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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