What is the crime rate in Mount Airy, NC?

In 2025, the Mount Airy Police Department reported 21 violent crimes and 220 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 199 violent and 2,083 property crimes per 100,000 of the 10,562 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: 199
Property per 100,000: 2,083
Violent crimes: 21
Property crimes: 220

Crime reported by the Mount Airy 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	24	227	317	2,993	10,592
2024	33	312	262	2,474	10,590
2025	21	199	220	2,083	10,562

Violent crimes reported went from 24 in 2023 to 21 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 317 in 2023 to 220 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.

Mount Airy against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Mount Airy	199	2,083
Surry County	194	1,055
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 Mount Airy, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Mount Airy	—	199	2,083
Dobson	10 mi	204	953
Pilot Mountain	12 mi	70	2,449
Hillsville	19 mi	106	1,306
Boonville	20 mi	82	410
Galax	20 mi	266	3,031
Elkin	21 mi	318	3,449
King	22 mi	101	2,049
Jonesville	22 mi	299	3,161

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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