Greensboro, NC Violent Crime Rates and Maps

D+

Violent Crime Grade	C-
Property Crime Grade	D+
Other Crime Grade	D+

Which crimes are included?

$255.0 million

Cost of Crime™ for Greensboro, NC

In 2025, violent crime will cost $788 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of the Greensboro area with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The C- grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in the Greensboro area against the average US city, where the rate is slightly higher than the norm. Greensboro sits in the 31st percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 31% of cities and behind 69%. The grade covers only the Greensboro area's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in the Greensboro area is 3.914 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northwest part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 185 in the southwest neighborhoods to 1 in 397 in the northwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of Greensboro, NC report the most violent crime, about 648 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 143 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Greensboro, NC

The tangible cost of violent crime in Greensboro is projected at $254,954,688 for 2025, about $318 per resident and $788 per household. That equals 0.9% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 39.2%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 47.7%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 13.0%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Greensboro Compared to Other Cities?

Greensboro, NC:	$318
Enfield, NC:	$1060
Wrightsville Beach, NC:	$113
North Carolina:	$297
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $318 per resident each year in Greensboro, which is $60 more than the national average and $21 more than North Carolina's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Greensboro:

In Enfield, NC, crime costs $1,060 per person, which is $742 more than in Greensboro.
In Wrightsville Beach, NC, crime costs $113 per person, which is $206 less than in Greensboro

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Greensboro, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Greensboro	Cost per Greensboro Resident
Murder	$152.0 million	$190
Rape/Sexual Assault	$26.8 million	$33
Robbery	$12.5 million	$16
Assault	$63.7 million	$79
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$254,954,688	$318

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Greensboro, NC

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Greensboro totals $1,156,735,021 ($1,444 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $1,411,689,709 ($1,762 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Greensboro, NC, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the central part of the city has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Greensboro Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Greensboro residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	2.768
Robbery	0.4944
Rape	0.5512
Murder	0.1010
Total Violent Crime	3.914 (C-)

Individual Greensboro Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in the Greensboro area is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to the Greensboro area.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Jamestown, NC	C+	B	C+
McLeansville, NC	B-	B-	B
Browns Summit, NC	B-	B-	B
Pleasant Garden, NC	C+	C	C+
Colfax, NC	B-	B+	B
Sedalia, NC	C-	B+	C
Oak Ridge, NC	B	C+	A-
High Point, NC	D+	D	D+
Whitsett, NC	B	B-	B
Julian, NC	B-	B	C

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Greensboro is similar versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Stockton, CA	D	F	F
Boise, ID	B	B	B
Fort Myers, FL	A	B	B
Colorado Springs, CO	D-	D+	D+
Charleston, SC	D-	D	D
Little Rock, AR	D-	D-	D-
Dayton, OH	C-	C	C
Lakeland, FL	A	B	B
Columbia, SC	D-	D-	D-
Sarasota, FL	A+	A-	A-

Considering only the violent crime rate, the Greensboro area is as safe as the North Carolina state average and as safe as the national average.

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