Greensboro, NC crime rate
In 2025 the Greensboro Police Department reported 703.4 violent crimes and 2,981.4 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for North Carolina and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Murder, 2023: unusual change, check the source. 2022: 41, 2023: 74, 2024: 43 (over 160% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2023 are not shown.
How does Greensboro compare with North Carolina and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Greensboro only.
What offenses were reported in Greensboro, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | North Carolina | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 2,183 | 703.4 | 330.3 | 327.6 | down 24.1% | down 19.9% |
| Murder | 37 | 11.9 | 6.5 | 4.1 | down 15.6% | down 30.0% |
| Rape | 88 | 28.4 | 26.1 | 36.1 | up 1.8% | down 4.1% |
| Robbery | 437 | 140.8 | 40.8 | 49.4 | down 18.8% | down 22.1% |
| Aggravated assault | 1,621 | 522.4 | 256.9 | 238.0 | down 26.5% | down 19.8% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 9,252 | 2,981.4 | 1,779.9 | 1,534.8 | down 12.8% | down 16.8% |
| Burglary | 1,317 | 424.4 | 303.9 | 193.6 | down 12.2% | down 34.4% |
| Larceny-theft | 6,294 | 2,028.2 | 1,272.3 | 1,144.1 | down 12.4% | down 19.7% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1,541 | 496.6 | 203.6 | 197.0 | down 16.2% | up 32.7% |
| Arson | 100 | 32.2 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 8.8% | down 13.4% |
Reported = offenses known to the Greensboro Police Department and sent to the FBI. North Carolina and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Greensboro | United States | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 878.5 | 387.0 | 419.5 |
| 2022 | 822.2 | 388.7 | 285.7 |
| 2023 | 829.1 | 379.5 | 393.5 |
| 2024 | 926.7 | 362.9 | 379.2 |
| 2025 | 703.4 | 327.6 | 330.3 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Greensboro | United States | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,582.3 | 1,832.3 | 2,087.2 |
| 2022 | 3,824.0 | 1,973.8 | 2,007.8 |
| 2023 | 3,774.6 | 1,934.1 | 2,070.7 |
| 2024 | 3,420.9 | 1,761.1 | 1,978.3 |
| 2025 | 2,981.4 | 1,534.8 | 1,779.9 |
Is Greensboro safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Greensboro Police Department reported, 703.4 per 100,000 residents, was higher than North Carolina's 330.3, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 24.1% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Greensboro's violent crime rate for 2025, 703.4 per 100,000 residents covered by the Greensboro Police Department, comes from 2,183 offenses reported to the FBI. The North Carolina estimate was 330.3 and the US rate 327.6, so the city's figure was 2.1 times each. Property crime came to 2,981.4 per 100,000, which is 1.7 times the state rate of 1,779.9 and 1.9 times the US rate of 1,534.8.
Violent crime fell 24.1% from 2024 to 2025 and 19.9% from 2021. Property crime is down too, 12.8% from 2024 and 16.8% from 2021. Aggravated assault fell the most of the violent offenses in the last year, 26.5%, to 522.4 per 100,000.
Murder came down 30.0% from 2021, the largest fall among violent offenses since then, to 11.9 per 100,000, or 37 homicides. The 2023 murder count is flagged as an unusual change and is not compared. Rape rose 1.8% from 2024, to 28.4 per 100,000, below the US rate of 36.1.
Burglary fell the most of the property offenses since 2021, 34.4%, while motor vehicle theft rose 32.7% in the same years. Robbery was 3.5 times the state estimate, at 140.8 per 100,000. All 12 months were reported for each of the 5 years shown, and NIBRS reporting began in 2019.
The Guilford County Sheriff's Office and University of North Carolina at Greensboro police report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.42 per 1,000 residents (582 officers, 168 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other North Carolina cities
The nearest North Carolina cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Greensboro Police Department (ORI NC0410200), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, North Carolina and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Greensboro Police Department (NC0410200): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0410200_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Greensboro Police Department (NC0410200): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0410200_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Greensboro Police Department (NC0410200): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0410200_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Greensboro Police Department (NC0410200): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0410200_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Greensboro Police Department (NC0410200): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0410200_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Greensboro Police Department (NC0410200): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0410200_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Greensboro Police Department (NC0410200): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0410200_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Greensboro Police Department (NC0410200): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0410200_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Greensboro Police Department (NC0410200): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0410200_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Greensboro Police Department (NC0410200): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NC0410200_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Greensboro Police Department (NC0410200): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_NC0410200__from-2021-to-2025.json)