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Table 8

NORTH CAROLINA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2014

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape
(revised
definition)1 		Rape
(legacy
definition)2 		Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson
Aberdeen 7,044 10 0 1 4 5 350 43 292 15 3
Ahoskie 5,017 51 4 2 9 36 328 91 228 9 1
Albemarle 16,033 94 1 6 19 68 782 265 472 45 11
Andrews 1,751 4 0 0 1 3 76 32 35 9 0
Angier 4,806 22 0 2 3 17 115 56 52 7 0
Apex 43,411 28 0 3 10 15 462 109 347 6 2
Archdale 11,588 16 0 0 5 11 253 72 170 11 1
Asheboro 26,078 68 0 1 31 36 1,560 290 1,220 50 3
Asheville 88,184 501 4 43 194 260 4,277 841 3,164 272 17
Atlantic Beach 1,505 3 0 1 0 2 141 39 94 8 1
Ayden 5,078 36 0 3 4 29 167 48 113 6 1
Bailey 565 0 0 0 0 0 39 6 32 1 1
Bald Head Island 169 0 0 0 0 0 33 4 26 3 0
Banner Elk 1,078 1 0 0 0 1 29 5 24 0 0
Beaufort 4,215 8 0 2 0 6 145 27 115 3 0
Belhaven 1,594 4 0 1 1 2 27 9 18 0 0
Belmont 10,453 22 0 0 9 13 420 33 379 8 1
Benson 3,526 22 1 4 8 9 161 32 125 4 0
Bessemer City 5,466 8 0 1 3 4 125 33 86 6 0
Bethel 1,627 7 0 0 1 6 38 2 34 2 0
Biltmore Forest 1,428 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 7 0 0
Biscoe 1,686 9 0 1 0 8 236 29 205 2 3
Black Mountain 8,138 3 1 0 0 2 138 30 97 11 0
Blowing Rock 1,237 4 0 0 0 4 28 6 20 2 0
Boiling Spring Lakes 5,672 11 0 1 0 10 144 19 120 5 2
Boone 18,496 33 0 10 5 18 349 54 278 17 4
Brevard 7,636 11 0 1 2 8 227 41 179 7 2
Bunn 356 2 0 0 0 2 30 4 26 0 0
Burgaw 4,093 9 0 0 3 6 154 12 137 5 0
Burlington 51,627 352 3 20 88 241 2,064 460 1,506 98 8
Burnsville 1,663 1 0 0 0 1 66 11 52 3 0
Butner 7,722 30 1 0 8 21 172 34 134 4 1
Canton 4,129 10 0 1 0 9 215 46 157 12 0
Cape Carteret 2,058 4 0 0 1 3 25 2 22 1 2
Carolina Beach 6,053 15 1 0 1 13 258 47 199 12 1
Carrboro 21,240 31 0 2 2 27 494 127 347 20 1
Carthage 2,356 6 0 0 1 5 88 18 65 5 0
Cary 154,978 98 3 6 33 56 1,711 325 1,331 55 7
Catawba 616 1 0 0 0 1 23 12 11 0 0
Chadbourn 1,807 22 1 0 6 15 193 69 120 4 2
Chapel Hill 60,190 86 2 13 29 42 1,347 360 921 66 3
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 856,916 5,054 47 210 1,586 3,211 30,565 6,031 22,827 1,707 165
Cherryville 5,887 21 0 1 5 15 190 37 146 7 2
China Grove 4,173 11 0 2 3 6 73 14 55 4 2
Claremont 1,368 8 0 0 2 6 27 7 17 3 0
Clayton 18,089 35 2 2 6 25 406 109 287 10 0
Cleveland 871 6 0 0 0 6 18 11 7 0 2
Clinton 8,880 37 0 2 10 25 465 103 348 14 3
Coats 2,395 1 0 0 0 1 82 29 46 7 0
Columbus 997 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 21 0 0
Concord 84,558 96 2 11 41 42 2,408 347 1,957 104 8
Conover 8,250 21 0 1 2 18 426 65 347 14 1
Cornelius 27,396 33 0 2 8 23 386 53 326 7 1
Cramerton 4,264 10 0 2 1 7 88 20 63 5 0
Creedmoor 4,375 16 0 1 1 14 89 16 70 3 1
Davidson 11,954 8 0 1 1 6 125 19 103 3 1
Dobson 1,577 3 0 1 0 2 37 1 34 2 0
Drexel 1,879 1 0 0 0 1 35 16 19 0 0
Dunn 9,868 68 0 2 23 43 696 121 548 27 3
Durham 249,738 1,834 21 73 654 1,086 11,085 3,652 6,853 580 25
Eden 15,435 61 1 1 15 44 497 136 338 23 5
Edenton 4,981 29 0 2 5 22 170 43 122 5 0
Elizabeth City 18,162 91 1 3 22 65 796 250 533 13 1
Elkin 4,013 10 0 1 2 7 444 56 381 7 0
Elon 9,537 3 0 0 2 1 100 36 64 0 1
Emerald Isle 3,725 17 1 1 2 13 228 93 131 4 0
Erwin 4,689 17 0 1 6 10 229 42 178 9 2
Fairmont 2,725 30 1 2 11 16 171 55 108 8 1
Farmville 4,774 16 0 1 10 5 170 38 128 4 0
Fayetteville 205,306 1,039 19 72 470 478 10,524 2,510 7,427 587 48
Fletcher 7,422 2 0 0 1 1 125 51 67 7 0
Forest City 7,386 9 0 0 3 6 522 97 402 23 1
Franklin 3,897 15 0 0 0 15 238 70 160 8 0
Franklinton 2,098 17 1 0 6 10 85 20 61 4 1
Fuquay-Varina 22,134 57 1 4 14 38 654 175 443 36 2
Garner 26,999 51 0 1 27 23 1,213 178 990 45 1
Gastonia 73,576 484 1 23 113 347 3,688 636 2,852 200 21
Gibsonville 6,693 4 0 0 1 3 113 75 36 2 0
Goldsboro 36,481 328 6 1 74 247 2,209 462 1,655 92 5
Graham 14,304 68 0 3 19 46 575 139 403 33 1
Granite Falls 4,693 12 0 4 3 5 240 29 208 3 2
Greensboro 282,203 1,346 23 52 487 784 10,160 2,508 7,119 533 114
Greenville 90,198 468 4 13 144 307 3,685 800 2,771 114 4
Hamlet 6,612 31 0 2 10 19 307 134 160 13 5
Havelock 20,981 16 0 1 4 11 383 83 294 6 0
Haw River 2,360 15 0 1 1 13 65 25 39 1 0
Henderson 15,332 229 4 4 49 172 1,434 348 1,027 59 10
Hendersonville 13,551 45 1 5 14 25 555 66 460 29 0
Hertford 2,183 14 0 0 2 12 64 27 36 1 1
Hickory 40,435 158 0 20 38 100 1,895 357 1,442 96 12
Highlands 928 0 0 0 0 0 58 15 41 2 0
High Point 108,540 505 4 23 142 336 3,863 998 2,628 237 28
Hillsborough 6,451 55 0 0 10 45 386 37 337 12 2
Holden Beach 620 0 0 0 0 0 84 56 28 0 0
Holly Ridge 1,891 11 1 0 0 10 53 30 21 2 1
Holly Springs 30,026 20 1 0 7 12 268 47 216 5 3
Hope Mills 16,399 70 1 2 22 45 1,011 167 822 22 4
Hudson 3,754 3 1 1 0 1 112 16 96 0 1
Huntersville 51,374 58 1 7 15 35 1,005 149 829 27 5
Indian Beach 114 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 8 0 0
Jefferson 1,616 1 0 0 0 1 13 3 9 1 0
Jonesville 2,289 18 0 3 0 15 109 31 72 6 1
Kannapolis 44,784 80 0 6 26 48 962 243 641 78 11
Kenansville 887 2 0 0 0 2 28 10 18 0 0
Kernersville 23,673 81 0 5 20 56 917 123 763 31 4
Kill Devil Hills 6,976 43 2 5 3 33 342 116 217 9 1
King 6,907 22 0 1 2 19 210 41 164 5 0
Kings Mountain 10,650 22 1 1 9 11 293 73 213 7 0
Kinston 21,635 391 5 6 55 325 1,425 326 1,056 43 7
Kitty Hawk 3,410 8 0 5 0 3 123 28 95 0 0
Knightdale 13,775 25 0 0 10 15 411 54 349 8 2
Lake Lure 1,193 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 12 0 0
Lake Waccamaw 1,469 0 0 0 0 0 46 23 21 2 0
Landis 3,108 3 0 0 0 3 51 25 25 1 0
Laurel Park 2,273 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 14 1 0
Laurinburg 15,731 163 1 8 29 125 864 451 382 31 7
Leland 16,587 16 2 2 4 8 333 150 173 10 2
Lenoir 17,994 43 1 1 13 28 783 210 541 32 3
Lexington 19,008 84 2 3 33 46 645 216 401 28 3
Lillington 3,460 16 1 0 5 10 167 56 101 10 0
Lincolnton 10,803 51 1 6 8 36 477 76 387 14 3
Long View 4,892 26 2 2 7 15 231 82 134 15 0
Louisburg 3,518 21 1 0 11 9 147 33 109 5 1
Lumberton 21,877 363 11 11 119 222 3,013 642 2,232 139 3
Madison 2,195 12 0 1 1 10 98 33 65 0 0
Maggie Valley 1,242 5 0 1 1 3 68 9 56 3 0
Maiden 3,346 7 0 0 2 5 128 31 84 13 0
Manteo 1,373 5 0 0 2 3 41 7 30 4 0
Marion 7,905 33 2 0 6 25 613 185 407 21 5
Mars Hill 2,194 0 0 0 0 0 32 15 16 1 0
Marshville 2,551 9 1 1 1 6 108 33 70 5 0
Matthews 29,927 45 0 1 21 23 751 97 622 32 2
Mayodan 2,466 7 0 0 0 7 211 18 191 2 0
Maysville 1,026 3 0 0 1 2 6 2 3 1 0
Mebane 13,399 21 0 1 6 14 608 95 507 6 2
Middlesex 817 0 0 0 0 0 18 8 10 0 0
Mint Hill 24,985 34 0 3 12 19 512 147 352 13 4
Mocksville 5,147 12 0 0 2 10 244 42 194 8 1
Monroe 34,251 156 5 5 47 99 1,789 363 1,361 65 8
Mooresville 35,182 79 1 6 26 46 1,033 133 856 44 7
Morehead City 9,330 46 1 1 6 38 433 72 349 12 3
Morganton 16,786 43 3 3 11 26 645 147 479 19 11
Morrisville 22,799 11 1 1 6 3 468 62 377 29 1
Mount Airy 10,420 47 0 3 5 39 492 100 368 24 2
Mount Holly 13,968 18 0 1 5 12 232 73 148 11 0
Mount Olive 4,776 23 0 0 5 18 272 52 216 4 2
Murfreesboro 2,877 4 0 0 1 3 75 36 37 2 0
Murphy 1,616 13 0 1 2 10 159 31 127 1 0
Nags Head 2,853 5 0 1 0 4 168 69 98 1 1
New Bern 30,371 122 0 7 38 77 1,267 310 936 21 1
Newland 686 1 0 0 0 1 16 4 11 1 0
Newport 4,798 10 0 0 3 7 127 27 95 5 0
Newton 13,062 63 2 5 8 48 436 111 317 8 4
North Topsail Beach 733 5 0 1 0 4 45 22 22 1 0
North Wilkesboro 4,222 19 0 1 1 17 159 15 142 2 0
Oak Island 7,317 20 0 0 0 20 311 113 193 5 1
Oxford 8,748 77 0 2 19 56 587 225 345 17 6
Pembroke 3,023 19 0 1 8 10 259 1 250 8 5
Pilot Mountain 1,472 4 0 1 1 2 106 26 78 2 0
Pinehurst 15,391 1 0 0 1 0 114 0 113 1 0
Pine Knoll Shores 1,371 2 0 1 0 1 34 13 19 2 0
Pineville 8,206 44 0 3 17 24 982 95 860 27 0
Pittsboro 4,009 14 1 2 2 9 86 7 75 4 2
Plymouth 3,742 19 1 1 3 14 150 11 131 8 1
Raeford 4,946 22 0 1 8 13 234 40 185 9 1
Randleman 4,164 17 0 0 3 14 531 83 447 1 0
Reidsville 14,093 45 2 5 14 24 739 157 562 20 2
Richlands 1,683 2 0 0 0 2 23 5 18 0 0
River Bend 3,175 2 0 0 0 2 12 6 6 0 0
Roanoke Rapids 15,602 91 3 5 36 47 1,028 268 740 20 5
Robbins 1,166 0 0 0 0 0 27 18 9 0 0
Robersonville 1,440 18 0 0 2 16 44 16 25 3 0
Rockingham 9,459 31 1 2 12 16 923 160 748 15 4
Rockwell 2,147 1 0 0 1 0 61 12 46 3 0
Rocky Mount 56,757 533 15 15 113 390 2,744 735 1,929 80 19
Rolesville 4,886 6 0 1 2 3 107 18 86 3 0
Rose Hill 1,697 3 0 0 2 1 45 13 30 2 1
Rowland 1,057 4 0 0 2 2 39 15 23 1 0
Roxboro 8,342 29 0 2 3 24 427 91 323 13 0
Rutherfordton 4,220 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 136 1 0
Salisbury 33,627 239 5 13 65 156 1,729 412 1,201 116 11
Sanford 29,805 79 6 0 36 37 1,014 207 776 31 2
Scotland Neck 2,000 23 2 2 3 16 66 27 33 6 0
Selma 6,275 58 1 4 26 27 289 121 164 4 3
Shallotte 3,729 16 0 4 2 10 186 42 134 10 2
Shelby 20,330 146 4 4 32 106 716 217 466 33 1
Siler City 8,237 29 0 5 8 16 386 84 287 15 0
Smithfield 11,702 85 0 3 25 57 672 103 548 21 5
Snow Hill 1,594 6 0 0 0 6 44 6 38 0 0
Southern Pines 13,161 75 0 3 18 54 521 132 378 11 0
Southport 3,213 2 0 0 2 0 74 7 65 2 0
Spencer 3,290 35 3 1 5 26 132 34 92 6 0
Spring Hope 1,325 4 0 1 3 0 16 3 13 0 0
Spring Lake 13,301 87 1 2 37 47 607 177 408 22 5
Stallings 14,848 18 0 0 4 14 186 50 122 14 2
Stanley 3,634 5 0 1 2 2 102 29 66 7 1
Star 874 3 0 2 0 1 19 3 13 3 0
Statesville 25,643 161 3 9 41 108 1,150 283 823 44 0
St. Pauls 2,437 8 0 0 1 7 98 31 67 0 0
Sunset Beach 3,754 1 0 0 0 1 95 53 39 3 1
Surf City 2,127 13 0 0 1 12 120 12 105 3 0
Swansboro 3,074 8 0 1 1 6 87 21 64 2 0
Sylva 2,607 13 0 1 0 12 178 29 139 10 1
Tabor City 3,952 36 1 1 5 29 154 33 110 11 2
Tarboro 11,328 21 0 1 6 14 421 78 341 2 2
Taylorsville 2,058 3 0 1 1 1 130 39 91 0 0
Thomasville 27,012 101 1 5 32 63 1,059 266 730 63 4
Trent Woods 4,226 2 0 0 0 2 27 5 21 1 0
Troutman 2,487 4 0 1 1 2 82 26 53 3 0
Troy 3,456 5 0 0 1 4 87 27 57 3 0
Tryon 1,638 0 0 0 0 0 32 18 13 1 0
Valdese 4,468 4 0 0 2 2 77 10 64 3 0
Vass 739 0 0 0 0 0 29 6 22 1 0
Wadesboro 5,665 56 2 2 10 42 402 111 272 19 2
Wake Forest 35,956 56 1 3 9 43 738 89 630 19 0
Wallace 4,040 21 0 1 5 15 229 56 165 8 7
Warsaw 3,231 6 0 0 0 6 107 27 78 2 1
Washington 9,826 75 0 2 18 55 671 122 534 15 2
Waxhaw 11,678 7 1 0 1 5 121 25 96 0 1
Waynesville 9,712 29 0 5 4 20 332 101 218 13 2
Weaverville 3,899 4 0 1 2 1 191 15 171 5 0
Weldon 1,604 28 5 0 3 20 59 18 38 3 1
Wendell 6,200 12 0 0 4 8 128 25 97 6 0
Whispering Pines 3,099 0 0 0 0 0 18 7 11 0 0
Whitakers 735 3 1 0 2 0 16 4 12 0 0
White Lake 789 2 0 0 0 2 46 9 37 0 0
Whiteville 5,654 83 1 0 18 64 721 211 477 33 5
Wilkesboro 3,433 14 0 1 2 11 311 11 295 5 1
Williamston 5,345 84 2 3 16 63 394 105 282 7 9
Wilmington 113,418 766 18 36 237 475 5,172 1,343 3,475 354 17
Wilson 49,731 265 4 5 89 167 1,901 434 1,376 91 4
Wilson's Mills 2,411 6 0 1 1 4 47 22 21 4 0
Windsor 3,439 5 0 1 0 4 68 18 49 1 0
Wingate 3,737 13 0 0 2 11 75 26 47 2 2
Winston-Salem 238,082 1,696 13 77 428 1,178 12,896 3,724 8,467 705 77
Winterville 9,594 12 0 0 4 8 161 35 119 7 0
Woodfin 6,262 13 0 1 3 9 97 49 43 5 0
Wrightsville Beach 2,570 10 0 1 2 7 223 53 169 1 0
Yadkinville 2,949 6 0 1 0 5 114 20 89 5 0
Zebulon 4,626 23 0 0 6 17 331 54 269 8 4
  • 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See Data Declaration for further explanation.
  • 2 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See Data Declaration for further explanation.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.