What is the crime rate in Salisbury, NC?

In 2025, the Salisbury Police Department reported 216 violent crimes and 1,313 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 585 violent and 3,558 property crimes per 100,000 of the 36,900 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: 585
Property per 100,000: 3,558
Violent crimes: 216
Property crimes: 1,313

Crime reported by the Salisbury 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	347	966	1,483	4,129	35,919
2024	352	963	1,461	3,996	36,564
2025	216	585	1,313	3,558	36,900

Violent crimes reported went from 347 in 2023 to 216 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,483 in 2023 to 1,313 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.

Salisbury against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Salisbury	585	3,558
Rowan County	287	1,506
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 Salisbury, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Salisbury	—	585	3,558
East Spencer	4.0 mi	438	3,000
Granite Quarry	4.4 mi	159	1,180
Spencer	4.6 mi	87	962
China Grove	7.9 mi	43	838
Landis	10 mi	181	1,059
Lexington	15 mi	465	2,845
Kannapolis	15 mi	170	1,514
Mooresville	20 mi	247	1,911

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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