Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Salisbury, NC Crime Grade
How Salisbury 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 Salisbury, NC was 588.1 per 100,000 residents (217 incidents over a population of 36,900). That puts Salisbury Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 81% above the North Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Salisbury (red), North Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Salisbury 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 | 954.0(323) | 887.6(319) | 968.8(348) | 962.7(352) | 588.1(217) |
| Murder | 38.4(13) | 19.5(7) | 5.6(2) | 30.1(11) | 10.8(4) |
| Rape | 32.5(11) | 13.9(5) | 30.6(11) | 57.4(21) | 40.7(15) |
| Robbery | 124.1(42) | 114.1(41) | 83.5(30) | 147.7(54) | 97.6(36) |
| Aggravated assault | 759.1(257) | 740.2(266) | 849.1(305) | 727.5(266) | 439.0(162) |
| Property crime | 3963.8(1,342) | 3684.1(1,324) | 4128.7(1,483) | 3995.7(1,461) | 3555.6(1,312) |
| Burglary | 487.4(165) | 470.3(169) | 601.4(216) | 402.0(147) | 363.1(134) |
| Larceny | 3145.7(1,065) | 2804.8(1,008) | 3118.1(1,120) | 2765.0(1,011) | 2810.3(1,037) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 313.1(106) | 389.6(140) | 395.3(142) | 825.9(302) | 365.9(135) |
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: Salisbury'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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