Granite Mill · Photo: Bureau of Labor Statistics, State of North Carolina (1897) & State Library of North Carolina · CC BY 2.0Haw River reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Haw River’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety.
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 Haw River
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 North Carolina towns on Haw River’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Graham (C), Burlington (D). Green Level has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Haw River’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
For every 1,000 residents, about 23 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Haw River’s police reported 24 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of North Carolina and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Haw River | Rest of North Carolina | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of North Carolina.
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| Year | Haw River property | Rest of North Carolina property | Haw River violent | Rest of North Carolina violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24.2 | 28.9 | 1.3 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 29.5 | 29.6 | 3.5 | 5.5 |
| 2024 | 27.7 | 28.8 | 5.0 | 5.3 |
| 2025 | 23.1 | 25.2 | 1.6 | 4.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
60 crimes reported in 2025
4 violent and 56 property, as reported to the FBI by Haw River’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Three people died in crashes on Haw River’s roads in 2019–2023
Haw River had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for North Carolina towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Haw River’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Haw River’s own rate (21.2) 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.
Haw River and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haw River | C− | 3.4 | 26.7 |
| Graham | C | 3.4 | 17.5 |
| Burlington | D | 8.0 | 31.3 |
| Green Level | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Green Level has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
North Carolina towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haw River | C− | 3.4 | 26.7 |
| Pine Level | A− | 0.3 | 6.8 |
| Richlands | A− | 0.3 | 8.3 |
| Youngsville | C | 1.1 | 21.7 |
| Wrightsville Beach | D | 3.2 | 31.8 |
| Jonesville | D | 2.4 | 44.5 |
The five graded North Carolina towns closest to Haw River’s population (2,425), by grade.
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 Haw River. 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 Haw River’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,426 in 2025); our figure for Haw River is 2,425 (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 Haw River
Is Haw River, NC safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Haw River reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade. Its police reported 3.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of North Carolina and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Haw River?
3.4 violent and 26.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of North Carolina reports 5.0 and 27.9; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Haw River?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Haw River safer than Graham?
Graham reports less crime per resident than Haw River: Graham grades C for safety and Haw River C−. Graham’s police reported 3.4 violent and 17.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Haw River?
Haw River’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Haw River”. 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.