CrimeMetric

Crime in Pittsboro, North Carolina

Major crime in Pittsboro is about the U.S. rate per resident: 33% lower for persons crimes and 13% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.3% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
105
about the U.S. rate
7% below the North Carolina rate
down 7.3% in a year
Persons crimes
67
33% below the U.S. rate
33% below the North Carolina rate
down 3.8% in a year
Property crimes
113
13% above the U.S. rate
about the North Carolina rate
down 7.7% in a year
Social disorder
120
20% above the U.S. rate
about the North Carolina rate
down 6.4% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Vandalism stands out most, at 2.1 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Pittsboro for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Pittsboro

Pittsboro is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 113; the middle half of residents live where it is between 58 and 129.

Map of Pittsboro, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–10043.9%
  • 100–20056.1%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm144
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am67
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm111
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am68
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.3% in a year; across North Carolina it fell 9.0%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.3%NC -9.0%-5.4%NC -9.2%
Persons crimes-3.8%NC -4.5%+9.3%NC +2.7%
Property crimes-7.7%NC -9.9%-7.3%NC -11.5%
Social disorder-6.4%NC -6.8%+0.1%NC -3.7%

Change in expected crimes, with North Carolina as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Pittsboro against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

520 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Pittsboro; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Perry, FL6,564182
Opp, AL6,558144
Pittsboro, NC6,559105

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Pittsboro has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Carrboro (14 mi), is 24% above Pittsboro's rate.

Morrisville20 mi138
Chapel Hill15 mi138
Carrboro14 mi130
Siler City16 mi125
Pittsboro105
Cary20 mi49
Apex16 mi44
Sanford18 mi25

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Pittsboro

What are the most common crimes in Pittsboro?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 34 a year), shoplifting (about 27 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 23 a year). Compared with the U.S., vandalism stands out most: 2.1 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Pittsboro's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Pittsboro has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 23.7% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 6,559. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Pittsboro, North Carolina." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/nc/pittsboro

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100