What is the crime rate in Lincolnton, NC?

In 2025, the Lincolnton Police Department reported 29 violent crimes and 248 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 229 violent and 1,956 property crimes per 100,000 of the 12,678 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: 229
Property per 100,000: 1,956
Violent crimes: 29
Property crimes: 248

Crime reported by the Lincolnton 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	45	370	380	3,121	12,175
2024	45	361	266	2,132	12,478
2025	29	229	248	1,956	12,678

Violent crimes reported went from 45 in 2023 to 29 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 380 in 2023 to 248 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.

Lincolnton against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lincolnton	229	1,956
Lincoln County	147	894
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 Lincolnton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lincolnton	—	229	1,956
Cherryville	10 mi	248	1,672
Dallas	11 mi	63	1,448
Stanley	12 mi	72	1,074
Newton	13 mi	446	2,361
Bessemer City	13 mi	310	1,482
Ranlo	14 mi	166	581
Lowell	16 mi	358	1,328
Gastonia	16 mi	890	2,898

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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