Greene County Courthouse · Photo: Indy beetle · CC0For property crime, Snow Hill trails 83% of U.S. towns per resident
The graded rate fell 40% from 2023 to 2025. Taking everything together, Snow Hill scores C: more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. By contrast, its police logs show 1.6 violent crimes and 23.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of North Carolina the numbers are 5.0 and 27.9.
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 Snow Hill
A job center
Snow Hill has 1,584 jobs based in town for 1,588 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read 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 Snow Hill’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Snow Hill’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Snow Hill property | Rest of North Carolina property | Snow Hill violent | Rest of North Carolina violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24.8 | 28.9 | 2.6 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 31.0 | 29.6 | 2.1 | 5.5 |
| 2024 | 21.1 | 28.8 | 2.0 | 5.3 |
| 2025 | 19.1 | 25.2 | 0.6 | 4.4 |
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Snow Hill | Rest of North Carolina | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 5.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Snow Hill’s police reported 7 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of North Carolina and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Snow Hill 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
31 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.
1 violent and 30 property, as reported to the FBI by Snow Hill’s police.
One person died in crashes on Snow Hill’s roads in 2019–2023
Snow Hill had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 Snow Hill’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Snow Hill’s own rate (8.2) 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.
Snow Hill and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Hill | C | 1.6 | 23.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
North Carolina towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Hill | C | 1.6 | 23.6 |
| Biltmore Forest | A− | 0.2 | 6.4 |
| Pine Knoll Shores | A− | 0.2 | 6.7 |
| Tryon | B− | 1.2 | 14.2 |
| Bryson City | C− | 5.5 | 13.3 |
| Atlantic Beach | D | 6.6 | 39.6 |
The five graded North Carolina towns closest to Snow Hill’s population (1,588), 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 Snow Hill. 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 Snow Hill’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,574 in 2025); our figure for Snow Hill is 1,588 (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 Snow Hill
Is Snow Hill, NC safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Snow Hill reports more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade. Its police reported 1.6 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 Snow Hill?
1.6 violent and 23.6 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.
Who polices Snow Hill?
Snow Hill’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Snow Hill”. 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.