Mount Holly, NC Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Mount Holly, NC Summary

Crime in Mount Holly research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Mount Holly over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Mount Holly:

  • There were 326 total crimes committed in Mount Holly in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,754.5 total crimes per 100K people in Mount Holly.
  • The overall crime rate in Mount Holly is -17.21% below the national average.
  • Mount Holly ranks #82 safest out of 242 cities in North Carolina.
  • Mount Holly ranks #6,709 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Mount Holly Vs North Carolina And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mount Holly is 1,754.5 per 100,000 people. That's -17.21% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -25.15% lower than the North Carolina total crime rate of 2,343.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mount Holly
/ 100k People
North Carolina
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 326 1,754.5 2,343.9 2,119.2
Murder 1 5.4 7.5 5.0
Robbery 3 16.1 50.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 14 75.3 290.1 256.0
Violent Crime 20 107.6 375.8 359.0
Burglary 166 893.4 323.9 229.0
Larceny 106 570.5 1,390.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 34 183.0 254.1 259.0
Property Crime 306 1,646.8 1,968.1 1,760.0

Mount Holly Crime Compared To North Carolina Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in North Carolina.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Mount Holly

20
Violent Crimes
107.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-70.02%
Below The National Average
  • There were 20 violent crimes in Mount Holly in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mount Holly is 107.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 929.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mount Holly each year. That compares to a 1 in 266.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -70.02% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -71.36% lower than the North Carolina violent crime rate of 375.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mount Holly

306
Property Crimes
1,646.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-6.43%
Below The National Average
  • There were 306 property crimes in Mount Holly in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mount Holly is 1,646.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 60.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mount Holly each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -6.43% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -16.33% lower than the North Carolina property crime rate of 1,968.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mount Holly

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Gastonia, NC 85,112 3,714 4,363.7 3,514.2 849.5
Huntersville, NC 65,752 991 1,507.2 1,364.2 143.0
Cornelius, NC 33,699 384 1,139.5 1,035.6 103.9
Belmont, NC 15,672 504 3,215.9 2,833.1 382.8
Tega Cay, SC 14,456 47 325.1 297.5 27.7
Davidson, NC 14,332 70 488.4 446.6 41.9
Lincolnton, NC 12,478 310 2,484.4 2,123.7 360.6
Dallas, NC 6,225 129 2,072.3 1,815.3 257.0
Cramerton, NC 5,556 75 1,349.9 1,241.9 108.0

Mount Holly SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
7
Diversity
8.5
Safety
N/A
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
6
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