The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Pasquotank County, NC
Pasquotank County is home to 40,800 residents and includes Elizabeth City · Updated November 2026
Is Pasquotank County, NC safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Pasquotank County is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Pasquotank County sits near the middle: 44% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 56% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Pasquotank County run from A+ to D-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 808 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
44% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Pasquotank County as a whole, and 56% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pasquotank County scores 808.
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 Pasquotank County, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pasquotank 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 Pasquotank County
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Pasquotank County, 64% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Pasquotank County
Most of Pasquotank County grades well: 81% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 10% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Pasquotank County run from A+ to D-; 61% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
81%10%
A or B 81%C 9%D or F 10%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Across the county, the southwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Pasquotank County?
Reported crime in Pasquotank County has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 11% and property crime down 42%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.9 to 3.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 26 to 15 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Pasquotank CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Pasquotank County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Pasquotank County
Violent, US
Property, Pasquotank County
Property, US
2016
+7%
+4%
+11%
+15%
2017
+33%
+4%
+11%
+12%
2018
-1%
+0%
+18%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+8%
+4%
-17%
-8%
2021
+19%
+6%
-36%
-10%
2022
-2%
+5%
-24%
-6%
2023
+2%
+2%
-36%
-7%
2024
-12%
-4%
-42%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Pasquotank County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pasquotank County has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 6% less 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Pasquotank County, about 31% 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 Pasquotank County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Pasquotank County, 2022 to 2024.
In Pasquotank County, 65% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 53% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (65%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (64%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (51%)
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 Pasquotank County compares with nearby counties
Pasquotank County has more crime than 8 of its 10 nearest counties. Gates County and Camden County have the least crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Pasquotank 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, Pasquotank County has more crime than 96% of them.
Shops, transit and walkability in Pasquotank County
Two things set Pasquotank County apart: it has 4% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (12 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery; here robbery sits near the national middle.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 88% 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 Pasquotank County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% 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. 86% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 74% of Americans
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.9.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 84% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.4% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 81% of Americans
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.59% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 79% 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 Pasquotank County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Pasquotank County about $1,279 a year per household, 6% 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 $76 million a year, or $1,852 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$6.2 million
$151
Rape
$880,000
$22
Robbery
$410,000
$10
Assault
$5.4 million
$133
Burglary
$1.3 million
$32
Theft
$2.0 million
$48
Vehicle theft
$1.2 million
$28
Arson
$210,000
$5
Vandalism
$2.4 million
$59
Total
$20 million
$489
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 Pasquotank 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 Pasquotank County, NC average a SchoolGrade of C+: 55% of students test proficient, against 38% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Pasquotank County on SchoolGrade
