Photo: Beyonce245 of English Wikipedia. · Public domainGreensboro reports more crime per resident than 96% of U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts fell 19% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Scored on crimes Greensboro’s police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on D− for safety: #137 of 163 graded towns in North Carolina, and #273 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. On top of that, typical years here bring 8.2 violent crimes plus 33.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 4.9 plus 27.6 in the rest of North Carolina. Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of NC” is every other North Carolina city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Greensboro
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 North Carolina towns on Greensboro’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: High Point (D), Kernersville (D). Summerfield, Jamestown and Oak Ridge have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Forest Oaks is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among North Carolina towns, closer to the middle
North Carolina’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Greensboro’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 16% of the 163 North Carolina towns we grade, against 4% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Greensboro’s police reported 37 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 16.9 per 100,000 residents a year, 2.0 times the rest of North Carolina (8.5) and 3.0 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 2.1 times the rest of North Carolina
159 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (436 reported in 2025), 2.1 times the rest of North Carolina (74.7) and 2.0 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Greensboro reports less crime per resident than 16% (#273). Places like it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Greensboro’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Greensboro | Rest of North Carolina | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.4 | 10.3 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 24.7 | 9.1 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 14.1 | 8.8 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 11.9 | 7.5 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Greensboro | Rest of North Carolina | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 156 | 89.1 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 165 | 82.2 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 174 | 79.5 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 140 | 62.8 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Greensboro’s police reported 37 homicides, 436 robberies and 2,177 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of North Carolina and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Greensboro property | Rest of North Carolina property | Greensboro violent | Rest of North Carolina violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37.9 | 28.4 | 8.2 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 37.3 | 29.2 | 8.3 | 5.3 |
| 2024 | 33.8 | 28.6 | 9.2 | 5.1 |
| 2025 | 29.8 | 25.0 | 7.0 | 4.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of North Carolina.
Crime in Greensboro per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 7 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
11,425 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
2,177 violent and 9,248 property, as reported to the FBI by Greensboro’s police.
193 people died in crashes on Greensboro’s roads in 2019–2023
Greensboro had 188 fatal crashes in five years, in which 193 people died; 56 were pedestrians and 3 were cyclists. 27 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 12.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for North Carolina towns of 100,000+ people (8.8, 10 towns).
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.
Greensboro and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greensboro | D− | 8.2 | 33.6 |
| Summerfield | — | — | — |
| Jamestown | — | — | — |
| High Point | D | 4.7 | 23.1 |
| Forest Oaks | — | — | — |
| Kernersville | D | 2.5 | 32.0 |
| Oak Ridge | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Summerfield, Jamestown and Oak Ridge have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Forest Oaks is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
North Carolina towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greensboro | D− | 8.2 | 33.6 |
| Cary | B | 0.8 | 11.7 |
| Raleigh | D | 4.7 | 25.6 |
| Fayetteville | D | 7.1 | 29.7 |
| Durham | D | 5.9 | 37.1 |
| Winston-Salem | D | 8.1 | 29.7 |
The five graded North Carolina towns closest to Greensboro’s population (308,667), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of Greensboro. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Greensboro’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (310,328 in 2025); our figure for Greensboro is 308,667 (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 Greensboro
Is Greensboro, NC safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Greensboro reports more crime per resident than 96% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #137 of 163 in North Carolina. Its police reported 8.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of North Carolina and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Greensboro?
8.2 violent and 33.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of North Carolina reports 4.9 and 27.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Greensboro in 2025?
Greensboro’s police reported 37 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 11.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Greensboro safer than High Point?
High Point reports less crime per resident than Greensboro: High Point grades D for safety and Greensboro D−. High Point’s police reported 4.7 violent and 23.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Greensboro?
Greensboro’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Greensboro Police Department”. 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, 2025, 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.