Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Gastonia, NC Crime Grade
How Gastonia grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of North Carolina — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
North Carolina
10/10
vs. North Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Gastonia, NC was 884.5 per 100,000 residents (768 incidents over a population of 86,826). That puts Gastonia Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 172% above the North Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Gastonia (red), North Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Gastonia vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 914.9(716) | 792.1(649) | 813.2(681) | 854.2(727) | 884.5(768) |
| Murder | 14.1(11) | 9.8(8) | 9.6(8) | 4.7(4) | 5.8(5) |
| Rape | 40.9(32) | 34.2(28) | 53.7(45) | 39.9(34) | 44.9(39) |
| Robbery | 150.8(118) | 120.8(99) | 121.8(102) | 123.4(105) | 92.1(80) |
| Aggravated assault | 709.2(555) | 627.3(514) | 628.1(526) | 686.2(584) | 741.7(644) |
| Property crime | 4027.6(3,152) | 4005.5(3,282) | 3893.0(3,260) | 3561.2(3,031) | 2882.8(2,503) |
| Burglary | 434.4(340) | 583.4(478) | 592.3(496) | 515.8(439) | 452.6(393) |
| Larceny | 3110.1(2,434) | 2974.2(2,437) | 2918.6(2,444) | 2601.3(2,214) | 2119.2(1,840) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 444.7(348) | 421.1(345) | 357.1(299) | 418.3(356) | 296.0(257) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Gastonia's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to North Carolina cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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