Table 8

NORTH CAROLINA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2006

City	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson¹
Aberdeen	4,890	25	1	1	12	11	293	54	216	23	6
Ahoskie	4,410	37	1	0	7	29	228	54	166	8	3
Albemarle	15,631	118	3	6	31	78	1,040	209	786	45	9
Andrews	1,737	5	1	0	0	4	47	7	34	6	0
Angier	4,189	25	0	3	5	17	182	46	128	8	3
Archdale	9,616	23	0	0	9	14	404	103	249	52	4
Asheboro	24,111	50	1	8	18	23	1,599	418	1,070	111	3
Asheville	73,672	473	4	49	206	214	4,099	793	2,834	472	25
Atlantic Beach	1,839	14	0	1	0	13	189	57	132	0	0
Aulander	911	1	0	0	1	0	30	17	11	2	0
Ayden	4,894	11	1	1	3	6	266	71	191	4	1
Badin	1,275	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	3	0	0
Bailey	688	2	0	0	0	2	44	11	22	11	0
Banner Elk	977	0	0	0	0	0	39	8	27	4	0
Beaufort	4,201	30	0	1	1	28	158	38	112	8	1
Beech Mountain	312	0	0	0	0	0	24	8	15	1	0
Belhaven	2,004	14	0	2	1	11	68	18	50	0	1
Belmont	8,954	41	0	0	15	26	434	111	299	24	1
Benson	3,347	85	0	1	12	72	306	81	209	16	0
Bethel	1,723	13	0	1	3	9	55	7	45	3	1
Beulaville	1,120	5	0	0	4	1	61	15	45	1	1
Biltmore Forest	1,527	1	0	0	0	1	24	3	20	1	0
Biscoe	1,749	2	0	0	1	1	204	22	174	8	0
Black Mountain	7,803	14	0	1	6	7	166	60	96	10	1
Bladenboro	1,747	29	0	1	4	24	135	35	91	9	0
Blowing Rock	1,452	2	0	0	0	2	71	13	56	2	0
Boiling Spring Lakes	4,189	2	0	1	0	1	75	21	47	7	0
Boone	13,455	28	0	5	4	19	405	58	330	17	0
Brevard	6,776	33	0	3	3	27	242	58	177	7	2
Bryson City	1,388	26	1	1	1	23	126	1	116	9	0
Burgaw	3,831	14	0	0	4	10	106	18	80	8	0
Burlington	48,542	445	4	17	110	314	3,118	692	2,251	175	16
Burnsville	1,660	2	0	1	1	0	61	14	44	3	0
Butner	6,373	18	0	0	9	9	310	67	232	11	2
Cameron	160	1	0	0	1	0	17	4	10	3	0
Canton	4,082	13	0	0	0	13	238	75	150	13	1
Cape Carteret	1,428	0	0	0	0	0	33	1	32	0	0
Carolina Beach	5,496	13	0	2	4	7	428	103	314	11	9
Carrboro	16,753	74	0	5	28	41	931	209	692	30	1
Carthage	1,974	15	0	0	5	10	79	18	59	2	5
Cary	108,563	131	0	14	42	75	2,189	554	1,520	115	11
Caswell Beach	475	1	0	0	0	1	5	2	2	1	0
Catawba	754	1	0	0	0	1	17	5	11	1	0
Chadbourn	2,147	28	0	3	7	18	189	51	125	13	1
Chapel Hill	50,532	252	2	24	81	145	2,211	528	1,609	74	12
Charlotte-Mecklenburg	699,398	7,532	83	346	3,207	3,896	48,886	13,582	28,154	7,150	346
Cherryville	5,564	17	0	1	5	11	232	95	129	8	1
China Grove	3,788	14	0	0	5	9	134	22	102	10	1
Chocowinity	746	5	0	1	0	4	20	5	13	2	0
Claremont	1,126	0	0	0	0	0	88	15	64	9	0
Clayton	13,201	40	1	5	16	18	453	106	330	17	2
Cleveland	839	3	0	1	0	2	59	17	42	0	0
Clinton	8,943	73	1	4	21	47	536	139	361	36	4
Clyde	1,384	2	0	0	0	2	25	12	13	0	0
Concord	62,311	280	3	14	98	165	2,924	459	2,149	316	12
Creedmoor	3,218	17	0	3	2	12	104	13	85	6	3
Dobson	1,538	1	0	0	0	1	40	7	32	1	0
Drexel	1,932	2	1	0	0	1	32	8	22	2	0
Dunn	10,086	113	0	8	29	76	732	261	403	68	5
Durham²	208,932	1,957	13	98	977	869	11,866	3,098	7,617	1,151	48
Edenton	5,101	19	0	1	4	14	227	46	167	14	0
Elizabethtown	3,921	23	1	0	8	14	285	53	221	11	0
Elkin	4,401	22	0	2	3	17	225	32	183	10	0
Elon	7,242	11	0	2	3	6	115	32	82	1	0
Emerald Isle	3,760	1	0	0	1	0	220	107	108	5	0
Enfield	2,348	14	0	1	3	10	142	61	77	4	0
Erwin	4,888	7	0	0	1	6	211	73	120	18	0
Fairmont	2,670	56	0	1	7	48	289	120	149	20	1
Farmville	4,637	47	0	1	15	31	266	71	189	6	1
Fayetteville	132,521	1,299	15	61	510	713	13,091	3,519	8,549	1,023	49
Fletcher	4,612	12	0	0	6	6	194	37	134	23	0
Four Oaks	1,800	6	0	0	1	5	47	15	24	8	0
Franklin	3,683	10	0	1	0	9	188	70	107	11	1
Franklinton	1,937	4	0	1	1	2	131	31	96	4	0
Fuquay-Varina	12,443	71	0	3	14	54	492	106	360	26	2
Garner	22,810	73	0	9	26	38	1,169	220	906	43	2
Garysburg	1,226	9	0	0	0	9	56	34	21	1	0
Gastonia	70,340	710	4	30	220	456	5,816	1,271	4,056	489	62
Goldsboro	39,442	328	4	3	95	226	2,435	633	1,650	152	3
Graham	14,230	106	0	3	16	87	772	166	538	68	7
Granite Falls	4,664	11	0	0	2	9	232	95	132	5	0
Granite Quarry	2,277	3	0	0	2	1	78	25	50	3	1
Greensboro	236,591	2,062	27	86	901	1,048	14,336	4,129	9,000	1,207	109
Greenville	70,904	640	6	22	240	372	4,537	1,323	2,932	282	16
Grifton	2,107	3	0	0	3	0	82	18	62	2	2
Hamlet	5,940	44	2	1	12	29	385	107	245	33	3
Havelock	22,097	65	0	8	16	41	568	125	415	28	5
Henderson	16,537	182	5	4	79	94	1,491	366	1,049	76	7
Hendersonville	11,623	104	2	6	21	75	993	154	765	74	1
Hertford	2,146	8	0	1	3	4	123	48	68	7	1
Hickory	41,035	320	1	26	115	178	3,063	736	2,082	245	10
Highlands	960	0	0	0	0	0	69	26	40	3	0
High Point	96,983	699	8	41	269	381	5,652	1,697	3,449	506	28
Hillsborough	5,489	48	0	1	11	36	300	69	208	23	1
Holden Beach	864	2	0	0	0	2	87	57	28	2	0
Holly Ridge	776	1	0	0	0	1	58	15	40	3	0
Holly Springs	15,532	22	1	0	3	18	215	66	142	7	0
Hope Mills	13,037	63	0	4	28	31	866	178	646	42	1
Hudson	3,122	5	0	0	0	5	120	26	91	3	1
Huntersville	37,103	101	0	11	30	60	1,180	268	858	54	15
Jacksonville²	73,696	208	2	26	48	132	2,002	408	1,476	118	7
Jefferson	1,393	0	0	0	0	0	13	4	9	0	0
Jonesville	2,321	10	0	0	3	7	170	54	108	8	0
Kannapolis	39,820	155	4	12	54	85	1,037	292	636	109	13
Kenansville	899	0	0	0	0	0	49	6	42	1	1
Kenly	1,867	19	0	0	7	12	176	68	98	10	0
Kernersville	21,787	127	0	5	25	97	1,050	202	801	47	6
Kill Devil Hills	6,681	40	0	7	8	25	432	105	305	22	1
King	6,480	23	1	4	4	14	261	35	219	7	3
Kings Mountain	11,079	38	2	1	20	15	520	114	387	19	2
Kinston	23,307	237	5	9	44	179	1,887	396	1,397	94	14
Kitty Hawk	3,425	6	0	2	0	4	135	33	96	6	0
Knightdale	6,445	27	0	1	8	18	292	62	219	11	2
La Grange	2,860	30	0	1	1	28	120	34	83	3	0
Landis	3,125	7	2	1	2	2	158	24	115	19	1
Laurel Park	2,125	0	0	0	0	0	23	1	19	3	0
Laurinburg	16,125	121	0	10	32	79	835	284	496	55	15
Leland	4,529	19	0	4	3	12	365	166	188	11	0
Lenoir	18,269	58	2	0	26	30	808	226	529	53	1
Lexington	20,805	181	1	10	37	133	1,151	319	771	61	7
Liberty	2,766	2	0	1	1	0	58	11	43	4	0
Lillington	3,225	15	1	0	4	10	99	41	49	9	0
Lincolnton	10,600	64	3	1	18	42	766	162	563	41	2
Longview	4,937	24	0	9	4	11	399	166	185	48	5
Louisburg	3,423	8	0	3	2	3	199	54	137	8	0
Lumberton	22,022	267	5	12	120	130	2,444	638	1,597	209	9
Madison	2,284	36	0	0	0	36	160	43	117	0	0
Maiden	3,329	12	0	0	2	10	145	26	114	5	0
Manteo	1,327	1	0	0	0	1	73	22	49	2	0
Marion	5,113	30	0	1	5	24	459	154	289	16	3
Mars Hill	1,871	3	0	0	0	3	34	16	17	1	0
Marshville	2,876	17	0	0	5	12	105	24	75	6	1
Matthews	25,811	60	1	6	21	32	1,164	192	897	75	15
Mayodan	2,547	3	0	0	0	3	100	23	77	0	0
Maysville	1,010	3	0	0	0	3	11	3	7	1	0
Mebane	9,123	57	0	0	6	51	389	87	277	25	4
Middlesex	868	4	0	0	0	4	49	20	25	4	0
Mint Hill	18,228	66	0	3	30	33	395	219	141	35	4
Mocksville	4,553	16	0	1	5	10	299	42	250	7	0
Monroe	30,585	230	2	7	65	156	1,963	505	1,277	181	9
Mooresville	20,897	73	0	5	27	41	1,058	117	881	60	10
Morehead City	9,024	71	1	6	10	54	506	113	373	20	2
Morrisville	12,435	10	0	2	2	6	360	81	256	23	0
Mount Airy	8,623	39	0	6	16	17	669	147	482	40	9
Mount Gilead	1,415	6	0	0	2	4	67	44	23	0	0
Mount Holly	9,869	61	1	2	12	46	289	86	178	25	2
Mount Olive	4,531	67	0	1	8	58	332	56	258	18	0
Murfreesboro	2,265	21	0	1	7	13	149	32	116	1	1
Murphy	1,596	12	0	1	1	10	100	13	83	4	1
Nags Head	3,137	23	0	6	3	14	298	74	216	8	1
Nashville	4,566	23	0	2	6	15	111	43	60	8	0
New Bern	24,587	150	0	18	49	83	1,434	307	1,056	71	2
Newland	700	0	0	0	0	0	21	5	15	1	0
Newport	3,917	7	0	1	1	5	97	27	67	3	0
Newton	13,276	40	2	0	21	17	806	202	547	57	0
North Topsail Beach	877	3	0	0	1	2	63	25	33	5	0
North Wilkesboro	4,288	21	0	2	7	12	323	70	240	13	0
Norwood	2,203	13	0	0	4	9	91	40	49	2	3
Oak Island	7,832	30	2	4	4	20	306	138	154	14	0
Ocean Isle Beach	514	4	0	0	0	4	131	49	76	6	0
Old Fort	987	2	0	0	2	0	19	9	10	0	1
Oxford	8,700	125	0	5	36	84	634	224	374	36	4
Pembroke	2,747	23	3	1	8	11	286	147	124	15	4
Pine Level	1,479	3	0	2	0	1	54	4	43	7	0
Pinebluff	1,244	3	0	0	3	0	28	12	16	0	0
Pinehurst	11,665	8	0	0	0	8	119	3	111	5	1
Pine Knoll Shores	1,601	3	0	0	0	3	48	16	30	2	0
Pineville	3,723	82	1	4	45	32	1,061	110	870	81	5
Pittsboro	2,501	8	0	4	3	1	97	26	69	2	1
Plymouth	4,043	50	0	2	1	47	208	84	122	2	0
Raeford	3,666	27	0	3	12	12	256	99	144	13	0
Raleigh	348,345	2,223	19	97	782	1,325	12,650	2,978	8,666	1,006	71
Ramseur	1,738	3	0	0	2	1	117	33	82	2	0
Randleman	3,726	11	0	0	0	11	310	77	226	7	2
Red Springs	3,554	39	0	0	18	21	378	208	140	30	2
Reidsville	15,073	65	2	0	22	41	1,277	314	902	61	6
Richlands	844	1	0	0	0	1	49	7	39	3	0
River Bend	2,810	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	6	0	0
Roanoke Rapids	16,786	110	2	2	37	69	1,008	278	661	69	7
Robersonville	1,670	14	0	0	6	8	104	34	64	6	1
Rockingham	9,404	76	0	5	18	53	1,075	265	772	38	2
Rockwell	2,022	3	0	0	1	2	43	10	31	2	0
Rocky Mount	57,756	577	12	22	225	318	5,617	1,696	3,535	386	11
Rose Hill	1,404	3	0	0	1	2	42	18	23	1	0
Rowland	1,171	10	0	1	4	5	69	37	23	9	0
Roxboro	8,930	87	0	7	11	69	567	191	348	28	0
Rutherfordton	4,181	1	0	0	1	0	134	18	107	9	0
Salisbury	28,113	281	3	17	131	130	2,132	461	1,521	150	15
Sanford	27,243	127	2	9	67	49	1,702	411	1,208	83	5
Scotland Neck	2,285	51	0	1	8	42	250	82	164	4	2
Selma	6,779	75	1	6	28	40	479	233	219	27	3
Shallotte	1,620	10	0	1	5	4	265	43	209	13	1
Sharpsburg	2,509	9	0	0	2	7	29	12	15	2	2
Shelby	21,687	180	5	14	67	94	1,319	373	855	91	5
Siler City	8,240	48	0	5	7	36	326	68	232	26	1
Smithfield	12,209	112	1	5	30	76	915	183	670	62	4
Southern Pines	12,118	71	3	3	24	41	614	181	402	31	3
Southern Shores	2,695	3	0	0	1	2	75	29	44	2	0
Southport	2,779	19	0	1	2	16	133	31	93	9	1
Sparta	1,833	1	0	1	0	0	41	10	29	2	1
Spencer	3,412	16	0	0	9	7	234	79	154	1	3
Spindale	3,999	20	0	0	9	11	218	73	135	10	1
Spring Hope	1,297	4	0	0	1	3	50	18	30	2	0
Spring Lake	8,361	78	1	5	31	41	727	283	386	58	3
Stallings	3,931	57	3	2	14	38	236	80	127	29	0
Stanley	3,156	10	0	1	5	4	146	58	84	4	1
Statesville	25,371	243	2	6	100	135	2,174	777	1,273	124	7
St. Pauls	2,309	7	0	0	4	3	117	47	62	8	3
Sugar Mountain	224	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	5	0	0
Sunset Beach	2,219	0	0	0	0	0	99	50	47	2	0
Surf City	1,750	8	0	0	0	8	157	54	97	6	0
Swansboro	1,365	8	0	0	3	5	73	15	48	10	2
Sylva	2,446	34	1	1	2	30	205	35	163	7	1
Tabor City	2,681	17	0	1	3	13	154	59	85	10	0
Tarboro	10,812	50	0	1	17	32	485	126	350	9	2
Taylorsville	1,892	10	1	3	2	4	111	37	67	7	0
Thomasville	26,388	189	2	3	47	137	1,608	442	1,071	95	6
Trent Woods	4,040	5	0	0	0	5	46	2	44	0	0
Troutman	1,740	3	0	1	0	2	120	33	81	6	0
Troy	3,334	26	0	0	3	23	256	51	201	4	3
Tryon	1,787	5	0	1	1	3	45	10	33	2	0
Valdese	4,620	13	0	0	1	12	100	27	70	3	2
Vanceboro	863	3	0	0	3	0	27	19	7	1	0
Vass	785	6	0	0	2	4	55	6	48	1	0
Wadesboro	5,368	46	0	7	14	25	407	145	248	14	2
Wake Forest	20,528	40	0	3	7	30	689	171	504	14	1
Wallace	3,601	18	2	0	5	11	165	58	101	6	1
Warsaw	3,154	24	0	2	5	17	187	31	148	8	3
Washington	10,037	64	0	9	23	32	473	117	326	30	2
Waxhaw	3,271	14	0	0	4	10	142	44	85	13	2
Waynesville	9,573	28	0	3	4	21	405	135	241	29	2
Weaverville	2,558	8	0	1	2	5	80	13	64	3	0
Wendell	4,606	22	1	0	3	18	130	30	94	6	0
Whispering Pines	2,180	1	0	0	0	1	17	7	10	0	0
Whitakers	788	7	0	1	1	5	35	13	21	1	0
White Lake	543	9	0	1	2	6	85	27	53	5	0
Whiteville	5,316	86	0	1	24	61	735	137	554	44	2
Wilkesboro	3,268	13	0	1	5	7	333	61	261	11	1
Williamston	5,763	64	0	3	8	53	365	102	250	13	0
Wilmington	97,381	857	7	62	409	379	6,207	1,694	3,865	648	22
Wilson	47,904	310	1	13	91	205	2,204	494	1,602	108	17
Windsor	2,276	2	0	0	1	1	116	29	82	5	0
Wingate	2,923	11	0	0	3	8	114	49	52	13	1
Winston-Salem	197,621	1,654	20	126	669	839	13,449	4,289	8,126	1,034	10
Winterville	4,782	23	0	1	3	19	238	45	181	12	2
Winton	938	4	0	1	0	3	11	6	4	1	1
Woodfin	3,342	11	0	0	5	6	133	41	84	8	0
Woodland	813	8	0	0	1	7	34	10	21	3	0
Wrightsville Beach	2,618	3	0	1	0	2	190	45	143	2	0
Yadkinville	2,924	16	0	3	3	10	165	22	138	5	2
Yanceyville	2,190	10	0	0	2	8	89	26	57	6	0
Youngsville	726	1	0	0	0	1	39	17	22	0	1
Zebulon	4,302	47	0	2	19	26	340	61	267	12	0

¹ The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.
² Because of changes in the state/local agency's reporting practices, figures are not comparable to previous years' data.

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