What is the crime rate in Marion, NC?

In 2025, the Marion Police Department reported 17 violent crimes and 232 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 227 violent and 3,097 property crimes per 100,000 of the 7,492 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: 227
Property per 100,000: 3,097
Violent crimes: 17
Property crimes: 232

Crime reported by the Marion 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	10	135	296	4,008	7,385
2024	16	215	239	3,215	7,435
2025	17	227	232	3,097	7,492

Violent crimes reported went from 10 in 2023 to 17 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 296 in 2023 to 232 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.

Marion against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Marion	227	3,097
McDowell County	148	2,142
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 Marion, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Marion	—	227	3,097
Spruce Pine	17 mi	137	1,461
Morganton	17 mi	268	2,284
Black Mountain	19 mi	23	1,116
Lake Lure	19 mi	0	645
Rutherfordton	22 mi	214	2,653
Drexel	23 mi	0	168
Burnsville	23 mi	0	1,044
Valdese	25 mi	191	1,971

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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