What is the crime rate in Sylva, NC?

In 2025, the Sylva Police Department reported 23 violent crimes and 110 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 845 violent and 4,043 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,721 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: 845
Property per 100,000: 4,043
Violent crimes: 23
Property crimes: 110

Crime reported by the Sylva 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	20	757	107	4,051	2,641
2024	13	482	116	4,301	2,697
2025	23	845	110	4,043	2,721

Violent crimes reported went from 20 in 2023 to 23 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 107 in 2023 to 110 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.

Sylva against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Sylva	845	4,043
Jackson County	301	1,354
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 Sylva, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Sylva	—	845	4,043
Bryson City	13 mi	397	1,256
Maggie Valley	14 mi	572	5,034
Waynesville	15 mi	425	3,084
Franklin	16 mi	204	2,473
Highlands	22 mi	88	1,857
Canton	24 mi	158	1,879
Gatlinburg	29 mi	374	2,378
Brevard	29 mi	87	587

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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