Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Holly Springs, NC Crime Grade
How Holly Springs 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
North Carolina
2/10
vs. North Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Holly Springs, NC was 85.5 per 100,000 residents (41 incidents over a population of 47,959). That puts Holly Springs Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 77% below the North Carolina statewide rate of 364.7.
That ranks Holly Springs #955 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 75% of them, and #13 of 86 in North Carolina. Violent crime is up 6% year over year and up 3% over the last five years.
Holly Springs, NC crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- North Carolina Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 85.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #955 of 3,771
- NC rank
- #13 of 86
- Safer than
- 75% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 6%
- 5-year change
- up 3%
- Population
- 47,959
- Reporting agency
- Holly Springs Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Holly Springs Police Department (FBI ORI NC0921700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Holly Springs, NC
Also known as
- Boylston
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Holly Springs (red), North Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Holly Springs vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 83.3(33) | 79.0(33) | 66.1(30) | 80.9(39) | 85.5(41) |
| Murder | 2.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 12.6(5) | 12.0(5) | 15.4(7) | 16.6(8) | 14.6(7) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 7.2(3) | 11.0(5) | 4.1(2) | 8.3(4) |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Holly Springs, NC Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Holly Springs Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Holly Springs calculated?
- Holly Springs's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the North Carolina state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to North Carolina cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Holly Springs Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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