Photo: Harrison Keely · CC BY 4.0Crime in Fontana Dam: the figures, without a grade
The closest graded town is Bryson City, 21 miles away, at C−. For 2023–2025, the FBI has no crime figures for Fontana Dam itself, so it has no Safety Grade.
The nearest North Carolina towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryson City | C− | 21 mi | 5.5 | 13.3 |
| Franklin | C− | 31 mi | 2.1 | 26.4 |
| Sylva | D− | 34 mi | 6.9 | 41.2 |
| Waynesville | D | 47 mi | 4.9 | 30.6 |
| Brevard | B− | 63 mi | 1.6 | 11.1 |
| Woodfin | B− | 71 mi | 2.1 | 10.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Fontana Dam. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Fontana Dam.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Fontana Dam and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Fontana Dam
Is Fontana Dam, NC safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Fontana Dam. Fontana Dam 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 Bryson City (C−, 21 mi), Franklin (C−, 31 mi), Sylva (D−, 34 mi).
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.