With a crime rate of 67 per one thousand residents, Mayodan has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 15. Within North Carolina, more than 98% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Mayodan.

Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a town's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. NeighborhoodScout has done just that. With a population of 2,437, Mayodan has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Mayodan does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Mayodan.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Mayodan does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Mayodan.

For Mayodan, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Mayodan than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2437, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Mayodan is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Mayodan, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 15, which is a rate of 67 per one thousand population.