Safety · Granite Falls
Granite Falls, NC crime & safety
Granite Falls's reported crime rate is above North Carolina's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 8 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Granite Falls compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
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C−
Granite Falls’s Safety Grade: C-
Granite Falls reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 78% report less. Within North Carolina, it does better than 53% of towns.
BViolent crimeDProperty crime→Steady since 2023
All U.S. towns we grade (6,620)Safer than 22%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
North Carolina towns we grade (160)Safer than 53%
Places of 1,000–5,000 people (2,167)Safer than 16%
Good confidence. Built on 440 incidents over 3 years. With counts this size, ordinary swings could put Granite Falls anywhere from C- to C.
How the Safety Grade works
- One score, from FBI data. Property crimes + 4 × violent crimes reported to police, per resident, pooled over the FBI’s latest 3 years (2023–2025). Violent crime counts four times as much because it matters more to how safe a place feels. It’s the same score behind our Safest towns in NC ranking.
- Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town and city with 1,000+ residents that reported all 3 years (6,620 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Violent and property sub-grades use the same curve on each rate alone.
- Trend compares 2025 with 2023 and only says “improving” or “rising” when the change is bigger than normal year-to-year swings.
- Not graded: towns under 1,000 people, and towns missing any of the 3 years.
- What it can’t see: unreported crime, traffic safety, or which part of town incidents happen in. Towns with a campus, highway or big shopping center count incidents involving visitors. It’s our own summary of public data, not an official rating.
Reported crime, 2025
Granite Falls at a glance
Violent crime
1.6
per 1,000 residents · North Carolina 3.3
Property crime
23.5
per 1,000 residents · North Carolina 18.1
Incidents reported
124
8 violent · 116 property
Since 2022
▼ 47%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
Granite FallsNorth Carolina
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Granite Falls property | North Carolina property | Granite Falls violent | North Carolina violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 44.5 | 21 | 1.4 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 31.7 | 21.1 | 0.8 | 4 |
| 2024 | 29.7 | 20.1 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 23.5 | 18.1 | 1.6 | 3.3 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
85
Burglary
23
Vehicle theft
8
Aggravated assault
5
Robbery
1
Rape
2
Homicide
0
Arson
1
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Granite Falls safe
Local public safety
👮 Granite Falls Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.
Next door
Granite Falls and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people. Grade: the Safety Grade; — = not graded.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Falls | C- | 1.6 | 23.5 | 2025 |
| Hickory | D | 5.6 | 28.9 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Northlakes, Rhodhiss.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can't tell you
- It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 4,900, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.