Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Hickory, NC Crime Grade
How Hickory 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
North Carolina
8/10
vs. North Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Hickory, NC was 563.4 per 100,000 residents (256 incidents over a population of 45,436). That puts Hickory Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 73% above the North Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Hickory (red), North Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Hickory 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 | 605.7(252) | 527.9(231) | 500.6(222) | 409.6(183) | 563.4(256) |
| Murder | 19.2(8) | 18.3(8) | 9.0(4) | 2.2(1) | 13.2(6) |
| Rape | 33.7(14) | 36.6(16) | 22.5(10) | 24.6(11) | 46.2(21) |
| Robbery | 74.5(31) | 50.3(22) | 63.1(28) | 56.0(25) | 35.2(16) |
| Aggravated assault | 478.3(199) | 422.8(185) | 405.9(180) | 326.8(146) | 468.8(213) |
| Property crime | 4506.8(1,875) | 3526.4(1,543) | 3034.9(1,346) | 2846.8(1,272) | 2903.0(1,319) |
| Burglary | 781.2(325) | 610.2(267) | 464.5(206) | 411.8(184) | 418.2(190) |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
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: Hickory'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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