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Hickory Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

Hickory crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Hickory for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Hickory in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 71.97% and the city property crime rate in Hickory was higher than the national property crime rate average by 88.14%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Hickory was higher than the violent crime rate in North Carolina by 70.56% and the city property crime rate in Hickory was higher than the property crime rate in North Carolina by 62.24%.

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

Hickory Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault213
Arson7
Burglary190
Larceny and Theft1,040
Motor Vehicle Theft82
Murder and Manslaughter6
Rape21
Robbery16
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,506
Property Crime1,312
Violent Crime256
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault211
Arson7
Burglary170
Larceny and Theft909
Motor Vehicle Theft95
Murder and Manslaughter4
Rape17
Robbery12
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,369
Property Crime1,175
Violent Crime283

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Hickory Property Crime

Hickory Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Hickory Crime 2025

Hickory Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Hickory Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Hickory Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Hickory, 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 Hickory crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 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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