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Gastonia Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

Gastonia crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 22 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Gastonia for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Gastonia in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 169.98% and the city property crime rate in Gastonia was higher than the national property crime rate average by 86.85%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Gastonia was higher than the violent crime rate in North Carolina by 167.77% and the city property crime rate in Gastonia was higher than the property crime rate in North Carolina by 61.13%.

Property and Violent Crime
Gastonia Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Gastonia Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Gastonia Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault644
Arson13
Burglary393
Larceny and Theft1,840
Motor Vehicle Theft257
Murder and Manslaughter5
Rape39
Robbery80
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,852
Property Crime2,490
Violent Crime768
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault641
Arson22
Burglary365
Larceny and Theft1,991
Motor Vehicle Theft343
Murder and Manslaughter8
Rape38
Robbery91
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,061
Property Crime2,699
Violent Crime794

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Gastonia Property Crime

Gastonia Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Gastonia Crime 2025

Gastonia Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Gastonia Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Gastonia Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Gastonia, North Carolina crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Gastonia crime report data for 2026 was projected from 22 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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