What is the crime rate in West Jefferson, NC?

In 2025, the West Jefferson Police Department reported 1 violent crimes and 75 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 74 violent and 5,568 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,347 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: 74
Property per 100,000: 5,568
Violent crimes: 1
Property crimes: 75

Crime reported by the West Jefferson 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	2	148	115	8,512	1,351
2024	1	75	61	4,552	1,340
2025	1	74	75	5,568	1,347

Violent crimes reported went from 2 in 2023 to 1 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 115 in 2023 to 75 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.

West Jefferson against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
West Jefferson	74	5,568
Ashe County	80	868
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 West Jefferson, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
West Jefferson	—	74	5,568
Jefferson	2.8 mi	242	1,875
Boone	15 mi	158	940
Mountain City	19 mi	280	1,398
Blowing Rock	20 mi	151	1,206
Sparta	22 mi	942	2,880
Wilkesboro	24 mi	388	4,519
North Wilkesboro	24 mi	136	2,021
Banner Elk	26 mi	83	250

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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