What is the crime rate in Smithfield, NC?

In 2025, the Smithfield Police Department reported 38 violent crimes and 513 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 288 violent and 3,889 property crimes per 100,000 of the 13,192 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: 288
Property per 100,000: 3,889
Violent crimes: 38
Property crimes: 513

Crime reported by the Smithfield 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	52	415	495	3,953	12,523
2024	64	498	459	3,571	12,852
2025	38	288	513	3,889	13,192

Violent crimes reported went from 52 in 2023 to 38 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 495 in 2023 to 513 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.

Smithfield against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Smithfield	288	3,889
Johnston County	133	1,033
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 Smithfield, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Smithfield	—	288	3,889
Selma	3.6 mi	563	2,667
Wilson's Mills	4.3 mi	399	1,329
Pine Level	6.0 mi	83	1,031
Four Oaks	6.5 mi	393	1,823
Clayton	11 mi	118	1,074
Benson	14 mi	299	3,484
Wendell	19 mi	99	1,021
Garner	19 mi	415	3,120

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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