ASHEBORO N.C. (ACME NEWS) —Randolph County is seeing two very different crime trends. Countywide numbers show fewer break-ins, thefts, and stolen cars than at any point in the last five years — but violent incidents remain high, even after a slight dip last year.
Using numbers from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office’s public crime dashboards and Asheboro Police Departments annual reports we can get a look at crime trends across Randolph County.
County Trends
The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office logged 1,401 property crimes in 2024, including burglary, larceny and motor-vehicle theft. That equals 969 property crimes per 100,000 residents — about one for every 107 people — nearly 20 percent lower than in 2021 and down from 1,250 per 100,000 in 2020.
Violent crime has followed a different path. The county’s violent crime rate climbed steadily from 360.4 per 100,000 residents in 2020 to 547.2 in 2023 before easing to 529.9 in 2024. Deputies reported 766 violent crimes last year, and nearly eight in 10 of those were aggravated assaults…