The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Granville County, NC
Granville County is home to 60,900 residents and includes Oxford and Butner · Updated November 2026
Is Granville County, NC safe?
Yes, crime in Granville County is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Granville County sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 58% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Granville County run from A+ to C, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
A
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 871 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
58% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Granville County as a whole, and 42% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Granville County scores 871.
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 Granville County, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Granville County, 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 Granville County
Vehicle theft runs low. Granville County has 1.2 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 2.7.
Thefts from cars happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In Granville County, 44% of reported thefts from cars happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
The safest and most dangerous places in Granville County
Low crime is the norm across Granville County: 93% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Granville County run from A+ to C; 78% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
93%
A or B 93%C 7%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Granville County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the Franklinton area has the least crime and the Oxford area the most.
Is crime going up in Granville County?
Reported crime in Granville County has held about steady since 2019: violent crime is down 8% and property crime up 7%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.2 to 2.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 12 to 13 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Granville CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Granville County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Granville County
Violent, US
Property, Granville County
Property, US
2016
-7%
+4%
+101%
+15%
2017
-28%
+4%
+88%
+12%
2018
-15%
+0%
+60%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-12%
+4%
+2%
-8%
2021
-14%
+6%
+0%
-10%
2022
-15%
+5%
+10%
-6%
2023
-10%
+2%
-4%
-7%
2024
-8%
-4%
+7%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Granville County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Granville County has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 20% less than the US as a whole and 26% less than 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 Granville County, about 32% of everything reported.
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 Granville County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Granville County, 2022 to 2024.
In Granville County, 74% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (74%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (57%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (52%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (49%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Granville County compares with nearby counties
Granville County has more crime than 6 of its 10 nearest counties. Caswell County and Halifax County, VA have the least crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Granville County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Granville County has more crime than 85% of them.
Shops, walkability and density in Granville County
Two things set Granville County apart: it has 6.4 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and a Walk Grade of F (4 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 98% of Americans
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. 97% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (4 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 98% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 94% of Americans
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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.32% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 93% of Americans
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Granville County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.32 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 84% of Americans
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 Granville County
Crime costs Granville County about $1,291 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 7% more 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 $124 million a year, or $2,034 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$12 million
$192
Rape
$1.5 million
$25
Robbery
$530,000
$9
Assault
$6.9 million
$113
Burglary
$1.2 million
$20
Theft
$3.0 million
$49
Vehicle theft
$1.2 million
$19
Arson
$170,000
$3
Vandalism
$2.9 million
$47
Total
$29 million
$476
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 Granville County 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 Granville County, NC average a SchoolGrade of D+: 49% of students test proficient, against 44% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Granville County on SchoolGrade
