Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime reported in Conover, NC
Conover has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.
For every 1,000 residents, about 40 property crimes reported
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2022. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2022
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2022
Crimes reported to police in 2022 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
The years Conover’s police reported
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of North Carolina. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
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| Year | Conover | Rest of North Carolina | Conover | Rest of North Carolina |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39.9 | 28.9 | 3.9 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | not reported | 29.6 | not reported | 5.5 |
| 2024 | not reported | 28.8 | not reported | 5.3 |
| 2025 | not reported | 25.2 | not reported | 4.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
373 crimes reported in 2022
33 violent and 340 property, as reported to the FBI by Conover’s police.
2022 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
The nearest North Carolina towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton | C− | 4 mi | 4.1 | 20.9 |
| Hickory | D | 6 mi | 4.9 | 29.1 |
| Granite Falls | C− | 13 mi | 1.5 | 28.3 |
| Taylorsville | A− | 14 mi | 0.1 | 8.8 |
| Lincolnton | C− | 17 mi | 3.2 | 23.9 |
| Hudson | B | 18 mi | 0.5 | 13.3 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Conover. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Conover.
Eight people died in crashes on Conover’s roads in 2019–2023
Conover had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 2 were pedestrians. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is more than is typical for North Carolina towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (7.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Conover’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Conover’s own rate (18.6) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Conover and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton | C− | 4.1 | 20.9 |
| St. Stephens | — | — | — |
| Hickory | D | 4.9 | 29.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. St. Stephens is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Conover. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Conover’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,525 in 2022); our figure for Conover is 8,938 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Conover
Is Conover, NC safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Conover. Conover has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest North Carolina towns with a grade are Newton (C−, 4 mi), Hickory (D, 6 mi), Granite Falls (C−, 13 mi).
Who polices Conover?
Conover’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Conover”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2022, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.