Table 8

NORTH CAROLINA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2005

City	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson¹
Aberdeen	4,645	34	1	1	13	19	285	34	238	13	1
Albemarle	15,646	111	1	8	29	73	880	210	609	61	8
Andrews	1,724	3	0	0	0	3	80	34	46	0	2
Angier	4,106	32	0	1	5	26	182	62	111	9	0
Apex	27,966	46	1	2	7	36	517	93	399	25	1
Archdale	9,426	26	0	2	10	14	412	111	280	21	2
Asheboro	23,601	49	0	4	22	23	1,471	309	1,072	90	1
Asheville	71,571	434	2	16	229	187	5,266	991	3,642	633	40
Atlantic Beach	1,835	19	0	1	2	16	163	29	126	8	0
Aulander	912	1	0	0	1	0	54	35	18	1	0
Ayden	4,666	30	6	1	6	17	213	63	143	7	0
Bailey	685	3	0	0	2	1	36	4	28	4	1
Bald Head Islands	250	0	0	0	0	0	13	3	9	1	0
Banner Elk	946	4	0	2	0	2	26	8	15	3	0
Beaufort	4,061	25	1	1	4	19	166	37	125	4	3
Beech Mountain	310	0	0	0	0	0	24	8	16	0	2
Belhaven	1,963	14	0	0	1	13	59	21	38	0	0
Belmont	8,932	56	1	5	19	31	384	100	245	39	3
Bethel	1,713	16	0	1	1	14	31	6	24	1	0
Beulaville	1,111	2	0	0	0	2	61	9	50	2	0
Biltmore Forest	1,503	0	0	0	0	0	18	5	11	2	0
Biscoe	1,746	3	0	0	2	1	216	22	185	9	0
Black Mountain	7,724	6	1	2	0	3	168	64	95	9	1
Bladenboro	1,751	41	0	1	2	38	139	43	94	2	0
Boiling Spring Lakes	3,931	3	0	0	0	3	68	30	34	4	0
Boiling Springs	3,915	4	0	1	1	2	48	8	33	7	0
Boone	13,507	18	1	4	2	11	429	87	327	15	0
Brevard	6,761	17	0	1	2	14	239	65	165	9	3
Bryson City	1,405	34	0	2	0	32	93	0	88	5	1
Burgaw	3,800	11	0	2	0	9	128	29	90	9	0
Burlington	47,421	420	4	13	91	312	3,207	719	2,352	136	9
Burnsville	1,663	0	0	0	0	0	44	9	33	2	0
Butner	6,248	39	0	2	6	31	287	58	221	8	2
Cameron	158	1	0	0	1	0	13	8	4	1	0
Candor	843	2	0	0	1	1	44	10	28	6	0
Canton	4,076	13	0	1	3	9	222	53	155	14	0
Cape Carteret	1,429	1	0	0	0	1	36	2	33	1	0
Carolina Beach	5,278	29	0	4	9	16	342	95	224	23	3
Carrboro	16,702	94	0	5	39	50	851	207	605	39	4
Carthage	1,944	13	0	1	3	9	46	13	30	3	0
Cary	102,949	133	0	13	50	70	1,963	432	1,428	103	14
Chadbourn	2,142	33	1	2	6	24	203	79	113	11	3
Chapel Hill	50,189	219	2	13	59	145	2,080	425	1,571	84	3
Charlotte-Mecklenburg	677,122	7,933	85	323	3,649	3,876	46,589	12,783	26,708	7,098	317
Cherryville	5,520	18	0	0	4	14	202	57	138	7	0
China Grove	3,755	14	0	1	4	9	130	26	99	5	1
Chocowinity	743	1	0	1	0	0	18	4	13	1	0
Claremont	1,106	3	0	0	0	3	88	22	62	4	0
Clayton	12,375	30	0	2	14	14	434	136	270	28	5
Cleveland	833	1	0	0	1	0	100	5	92	3	0
Clinton	8,840	70	2	6	15	47	614	164	409	41	3
Coats	2,012	9	0	2	2	5	52	18	32	2	0
Concord	60,957	221	5	15	74	127	2,995	505	2,245	245	3
Cornelius	18,172	33	0	2	6	25	326	63	237	26	0
Creedmoor	3,090	13	0	3	1	9	101	16	83	2	3
Davidson	8,482	5	0	0	1	4	81	29	35	17	0
Dobson	1,481	1	0	0	1	0	48	27	20	1	0
Drexel	1,940	2	0	1	1	0	28	6	22	0	0
Dunn	9,953	108	3	10	51	44	817	206	564	47	5
Durham	205,080	1,477	35	89	627	726	12,037	3,157	7,944	936	43
East Spencer	1,788	40	0	3	5	32	121	51	57	13	2
Eden	16,016	75	2	5	19	49	1,040	308	702	30	7
Elizabeth City	18,107	145	2	5	39	99	1,109	280	754	75	15
Elkin	4,163	20	0	2	3	15	198	36	152	10	1
Elon	7,195	7	0	0	0	7	94	25	67	2	0
Emerald Isle	3,709	2	0	0	0	2	190	91	93	6	0
Enfield	2,346	16	1	1	2	12	117	47	65	5	3
Erwin	4,827	7	0	2	0	5	191	60	119	12	0
Fairmont	2,641	62	0	2	14	46	258	93	143	22	1
Faison	782	2	0	0	1	1	24	0	23	1	0
Farmville	4,664	35	1	1	7	26	214	64	142	8	1
Fayetteville	127,323	1,152	14	47	429	662	10,551	2,531	7,234	786	46
Fletcher	4,459	9	1	0	3	5	199	32	153	14	2
Forest City	7,436	45	1	4	17	23	648	133	478	37	7
Franklin	3,615	8	0	1	0	7	158	63	82	13	1
Franklinton	1,916	2	0	0	1	1	111	19	92	0	1
Fremont	1,466	5	1	1	2	1	99	33	61	5	0
Fuquay-Varina	11,295	47	0	7	14	26	523	141	353	29	5
Garland	841	1	0	0	0	1	36	14	20	2	0
Garner	22,134	76	2	1	35	38	1,266	226	978	62	4
Garysburg	1,233	0	0	0	0	0	57	27	23	7	0
Gastonia	69,428	670	5	36	257	372	6,190	1,268	4,389	533	52
Gibsonville	4,601	6	0	0	2	4	73	18	52	3	0
Goldsboro	39,419	325	7	3	109	206	2,694	594	1,956	144	3
Graham	13,718	95	1	4	19	71	716	190	484	42	2
Granite Quarry	2,261	6	0	2	1	3	59	17	33	9	0
Greensboro	235,393	1,941	30	85	787	1,039	14,360	3,954	9,198	1,208	163
Greenville	69,829	509	6	12	177	314	4,321	1,505	2,617	199	8
Grifton	2,083	4	0	0	3	1	69	13	53	3	0
Hamlet	5,931	47	2	4	10	31	337	92	229	16	2
Havelock	22,741	51	0	4	14	33	520	112	388	20	2
Henderson	16,513	130	2	3	67	58	1,511	324	1,126	61	11
Hendersonville	11,419	106	1	10	29	66	1,093	145	890	58	2
Hertford	2,110	17	2	1	10	4	112	36	70	6	0
Hickory	40,779	368	2	28	112	226	3,435	773	2,381	281	15
High Point	94,401	616	8	27	217	364	5,957	1,970	3,509	478	36
Hillsborough	5,390	40	0	0	6	34	239	72	156	11	1
Holly Ridge	804	2	0	0	0	2	95	13	78	4	1
Holly Springs	13,968	17	0	4	1	12	180	49	124	7	2
Hope Mills	12,737	52	0	0	27	25	801	222	544	35	3
Hudson	3,115	2	0	0	0	2	123	32	85	6	0
Huntersville	34,903	72	1	4	20	47	1,204	258	871	75	8
Indian Beach	98	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	5	0	0
Jacksonville	73,538	105	0	21	23	61	799	128	635	36	4
Jefferson	1,448	1	0	0	0	1	8	0	8	0	0
Jonesville	2,295	11	0	2	2	7	156	46	103	7	0
Kenansville	893	3	0	0	2	1	50	7	43	0	0
Kenly	1,827	9	0	1	2	6	171	77	83	11	1
Kernersville	20,827	122	1	9	19	93	1,072	193	825	54	5
Kill Devil Hills	6,532	41	0	4	5	32	509	150	346	13	0
King	6,360	26	0	2	2	22	268	47	212	9	1
Kings Mountain	10,811	47	0	3	18	26	577	138	407	32	3
Kinston	23,298	288	2	8	60	218	2,315	526	1,689	100	10
Kitty Hawk	3,368	7	0	1	1	5	159	68	86	5	2
La Grange	2,866	29	1	0	8	20	135	38	93	4	1
Lake Lure	1,038	1	0	0	0	1	49	22	26	1	0
Lake Royale		0	0	0	0	0	37	21	16	0	0
Landis	3,098	0	0	0	0	0	160	43	110	7	2
Laurel Park	2,102	2	0	0	1	1	16	5	10	1	1
Laurinburg	16,055	111	1	9	46	55	1,033	401	579	53	10
Leland	4,363	19	1	2	4	12	383	139	242	2	1
Lenoir	18,241	47	0	0	14	33	685	172	454	59	1
Lexington	20,812	148	0	12	32	104	1,236	321	821	94	4
Liberty	2,727	7	0	0	1	6	75	24	51	0	1
Lillington	3,198	15	0	0	2	13	124	24	95	5	1
Lincolnton	10,364	36	0	0	16	20	713	118	555	40	6
Longview	4,874	24	0	2	11	11	321	126	159	36	3
Louisburg	3,335	12	1	1	5	5	211	48	155	8	2
Lumberton	21,668	281	8	9	128	136	3,013	1,008	1,779	226	8
Madison	2,284	13	0	0	4	9	139	52	87	0	0
Maggie Valley	716	6	0	3	0	3	79	11	62	6	0
Maiden	3,281	9	0	0	1	8	117	24	88	5	0
Manteo	1,284	2	0	0	1	1	69	15	51	3	0
Mars Hill	1,764	2	0	0	0	2	58	14	43	1	0
Marshville	2,735	18	0	0	6	12	116	39	67	10	1
Matthews	24,294	61	0	5	28	28	1,084	174	815	95	8
Mayodan	2,421	9	0	0	1	8	88	23	60	5	0
Maysville	1,018	5	0	0	0	5	36	12	22	2	0
Middlesex	865	6	0	3	1	2	26	2	23	1	0
Mint Hill	17,771	74	1	2	22	49	407	181	192	34
Mocksville	4,431	20	0	4	1	15	321	50	258	13	2
Monroe	28,895	218	5	13	54	146	2,005	401	1,482	122	6
Mooresville	20,457	39	0	3	10	26	515	59	424	32	1
Morehead City	8,626	73	0	6	11	56	645	96	529	20	2
Morganton	17,462	64	1	5	13	45	724	161	526	37	0
Morrisville	11,788	12	0	2	4	6	284	54	211	19	4
Mount Airy	8,560	84	0	6	8	70	655	163	463	29	5
Mount Holly	9,799	44	0	2	9	33	284	93	164	27	2
Mount Olive	4,548	68	3	1	9	55	401	67	315	19	0
Murfreesboro	2,321	20	0	0	6	14	172	53	119	0	0
Murphy	1,581	12	1	3	0	8	129	20	105	4	0
Nags Head	3,118	12	0	4	1	7	367	104	260	3	0
Nashville	4,528	19	0	1	6	12	84	31	46	7	0
New Bern	23,757	154	2	13	45	94	1,495	341	1,113	41	3
Newland	711	1	0	0	0	1	22	1	20	1	0
Newport	3,859	9	0	0	1	8	64	24	37	3	0
Newton	13,095	42	1	7	12	22	813	231	539	43	2
North Topsail Beach	858	4	0	0	0	4	71	35	35	1	0
North Wilkesboro	4,183	21	0	1	3	17	270	54	206	10	7
Norwood	2,210	7	0	0	1	6	97	17	74	6	0
Oak Island	7,402	28	0	0	1	27	361	151	201	9	1
Ocean Isle Beach	491	1	0	0	0	1	167	24	140	3	0
Old Fort	991	2	0	0	0	2	44	9	32	3	0
Oxford	8,647	95	1	2	34	58	677	229	413	35	2
Pembroke	2,741	23	2	0	7	14	279	172	94	13	0
Pilot Mountain	1,295	4	1	1	0	2	107	6	99	2	0
Pinebluff	1,197	6	0	0	0	6	20	6	13	1	0
Pinehurst	11,181	7	0	0	3	4	123	4	118	1	1
Pinetops	1,357	14	1	1	0	12	49	11	36	2	0
Pineville	3,704	86	1	3	39	43	992	83	820	89	1
Pittsboro	2,482	7	0	0	4	3	71	6	62	3	0
Plymouth	4,052	75	1	0	2	72	242	88	144	10	1
Raeford	3,591	22	0	3	10	9	244	75	157	12	0
Raleigh	332,084	2,051	20	88	762	1,181	12,528	3,040	8,480	1,008	78
Ramseur	1,625	8	0	1	1	6	119	32	87	0	1
Randleman	3,673	9	1	0	0	8	333	55	267	11	2
Red Springs	3,514	26	2	3	9	12	296	158	106	32	4
Reidsville	15,026	74	1	3	22	48	1,155	362	746	47	8
Richlands	882	1	0	1	0	0	28	9	18	1	1
River Bend	2,866	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	0
Roanoke Rapids	16,670	116	0	5	40	71	1,129	292	781	56	7
Robbins	1,228	1	0	0	0	1	38	5	27	6	0
Robersonville	1,675	23	1	0	8	14	127	29	94	4	0
Rockingham	9,478	62	0	2	10	50	906	208	664	34	8
Rockwell	2,009	6	0	0	1	5	56	8	48	0	0
Rocky Mount	57,288	497	8	22	197	270	4,876	1,380	3,264	232	19
Rowland	1,158	19	0	1	14	4	121	75	38	8	0
Roxboro	8,906	80	0	4	21	55	496	165	308	23	1
Salisbury	26,960	251	5	12	83	151	2,025	406	1,500	119	8
Sanford	23,859	147	6	9	62	70	1,763	397	1,254	112	11
Scotland Neck	2,291	23	0	0	3	20	269	97	168	4	2
Selma	6,610	52	0	3	23	26	456	187	242	27	1
Sharpsburg	2,491	15	0	1	3	11	118	72	44	2	0
Shelby	21,629	198	5	10	69	114	1,650	465	1,086	99	16
Siler City	8,212	30	2	1	11	16	297	43	236	18	0
Smithfield	11,897	128	2	10	40	76	907	186	675	46	1
Southern Pines	11,748	86	0	5	24	57	642	181	427	34	0
Southern Shores	2,638	3	0	0	1	2	63	24	37	2	0
Southport	2,655	11	0	0	2	9	177	60	112	5	2
Sparta	1,824	1	0	0	0	1	43	17	24	2	0
Spencer	3,400	18	0	5	8	5	187	72	110	5	0
Spring Hope	1,291	3	0	0	2	1	58	20	38	0	0
Stanley	3,136	13	0	1	5	7	123	44	75	4	0
Star	824	1	0	0	0	1	29	7	20	2	0
Statesville	24,896	264	4	8	72	180	2,027	616	1,318	93	7
St. Pauls	2,284	5	1	0	1	3	122	27	81	14	0
Sunset Beach	2,130	3	0	0	1	2	59	19	40	0	0
Surf City	1,668	15	0	0	3	12	140	55	84	1	0
Swansboro	1,420	5	0	1	1	3	62	15	46	1	0
Sylva	2,452	25	0	1	1	23	253	65	179	9	1
Tabor City	2,666	25	0	3	6	16	172	69	95	8	1
Tarboro	10,759	49	0	1	9	39	456	95	356	5	2
Thomasville	26,180	191	0	5	56	130	1,310	318	921	71	3
Topsail Beach	532	0	0	0	0	0	16	3	13	0	1
Trent Woods	4,125	1	1	0	0	0	34	7	27	0	0
Troutman	1,705	9	0	0	1	8	95	30	62	3	0
Troy	3,519	13	1	2	2	8	160	33	123	4	0
Tryon	1,775	5	0	0	3	2	50	25	23	2	0
Valdese	4,625	9	0	0	0	9	100	30	60	10	1
Vass	776	0	0	0	0	0	30	5	22	3	0
Wadesboro	5,417	62	0	3	17	42	502	180	291	31	6
Wake Forest	17,679	27	0	0	8	19	505	112	381	12	4
Wallace	3,580	19	2	0	6	11	196	103	74	19	1
Walnut Creek	865	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0
Warsaw	3,136	17	1	2	7	7	315	26	268	21	1
Washington	9,926	45	1	5	17	22	449	145	281	23	3
Waxhaw	3,097	8	0	2	0	6	111	34	73	4	0
Waynesville	9,572	28	1	4	5	18	282	103	158	21	1
Weaverville	2,496	2	0	1	1	0	92	11	81	0	0
Weldon	1,344	9	0	0	3	6	123	23	92	8	1
Wendell	4,461	12	0	0	1	11	118	45	65	8	0
West Jefferson	1,088	4	1	0	0	3	33	5	27	1	0
Whitakers	790	3	0	1	1	1	31	12	17	2	0
White Lake	545	9	0	0	0	9	85	33	49	3	0
Whiteville	5,236	77	1	2	23	51	839	144	660	35	1
Wilkesboro	3,254	19	0	1	7	11	391	73	309	9	0
Williamston	5,772	65	1	3	8	53	506	138	349	19	0
Wilmington	94,843	794	8	57	292	437	6,558	1,855	4,000	703	16
Wilson	47,280	233	4	8	55	166	1,927	561	1,271	95	8
Windsor	2,288	7	0	1	4	2	134	33	92	9	1
Wingate	2,773	25	0	0	3	22	68	18	46	4	0
Winston-Salem	194,708	1,639	16	118	608	897	12,118	4,016	7,146	956	29
Winterville	4,747	14	0	1	2	11	179	22	148	9	2
Winton	933	2	0	0	0	2	31	5	26	0	0
Woodland	814	13	1	1	0	11	30	14	15	1	0
Wrightsville Beach	2,581	8	0	1	1	6	258	110	140	8	0
Yadkinville	2,891	20	0	0	4	16	138	19	116	3	0
Yanceyville	2,162	14	0	1	1	12	104	37	58	9	0
Youngsville	718	2	0	1	1	0	25	7	17	1	0
Zebulon	4,204	46	0	1	14	31	243	32	203	8	1

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.

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