What is the crime rate in Murphy, NC?

In 2025, the Murphy Police Department reported 21 violent crimes and 99 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 1,225 violent and 5,776 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,714 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: 1,225
Property per 100,000: 5,776
Violent crimes: 21
Property crimes: 99

Crime reported by the Murphy 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	16	967	86	5,200	1,654
2024	6	359	65	3,885	1,673
2025	21	1,225	99	5,776	1,714

Violent crimes reported went from 16 in 2023 to 21 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 86 in 2023 to 99 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.

Murphy against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Murphy	1,225	5,776
Cherokee County	269	1,519
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 Murphy, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Murphy	—	1,225	5,776
Hiawassee	19 mi	661	189
Etowah	33 mi	132	821
Englewood	35 mi	63	444
Madisonville	35 mi	330	1,795
Benton	36 mi	139	416
Vonore	37 mi	292	1,929
Franklin	37 mi	204	2,473
Cleveland	37 mi	361	1,526

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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