The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Belmont, NC
Belmont is a city of 20,800 in Gaston County, about 11 miles west of downtown Charlotte · Updated November 2026
Is Belmont, NC safe?
Yes, crime in Belmont is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Belmont sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 43% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Belmont run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 798 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Belmont as a whole, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Belmont scores 798.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Belmont, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Belmont, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Belmont
Robbery stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.13 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Belmont has 0.49.
The safest and least safe parts of Belmont
Every part of Belmont where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Belmont run from A+ to B; 54% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Belmont, the southeast side has the least crime and the northeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Belmont?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Belmont is up 84% and property crime is down 27%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.1 to 3.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 38 to 28 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 29% and property crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
BelmontUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Belmont. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Belmont
Violent, US
Property, Belmont
Property, US
2016
+49%
+4%
+15%
+15%
2017
+87%
+4%
+50%
+12%
2018
+62%
+0%
+16%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+76%
+4%
+9%
-8%
2021
+7%
+6%
-1%
-10%
2022
-10%
+5%
-5%
-6%
2023
+43%
+2%
-16%
-7%
2024
+84%
-4%
-27%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Belmont
CrimeGrade™ estimates Belmont has about 40 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 8% more than the US as a whole and close to North Carolina.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Belmont, about 49% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Belmont
Belmont has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Belmont, 44% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 37% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (37%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Vandalism
Homes (27%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Belmont compares with nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to Belmont, 5 have less crime. Springwood and Lake Wylie, SC have the least.
Two things set Belmont apart: it has 4% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (11 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft, yet robbery runs higher here than that would suggest.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.4% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 77% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 89% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 72% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 63% of US city residents
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.89% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 62% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 62% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.36 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 61% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Belmont on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Belmont
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Belmont about $1,096 a year per household, 9% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $27 million a year, or $1,294 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.6 million
$75
Rape
$230,000
$11
Robbery
$320,000
$15
Assault
$2.8 million
$137
Burglary
$470,000
$22
Theft
$2.1 million
$100
Vehicle theft
$490,000
$24
Arson
$40,000
$2
Vandalism
$760,000
$37
Total
$8.8 million
$423
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Belmont means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Belmont, NC average a SchoolGrade of B: 58% of students test proficient, against 45% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Belmont on SchoolGrade
