Table 8

NORTH CAROLINA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2008

City	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny- theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson¹
Aberdeen	5,662	35	0	1	19	15	294	49	226	19	5
Albemarle	15,423	121	1	7	39	74	1,114	287	761	66	14
Angier	4,414	38	1	0	6	31	196	71	110	15	3
Archdale	9,291	27	0	1	11	15	362	110	231	21	5
Asheboro	24,458	79	2	14	30	33	1,592	372	1,142	78	1
Asheville	74,215	535	2	33	251	249	4,268	907	2,951	410	62
Atlantic Beach	1,811	26	0	1	4	21	207	70	124	13	0
Ayden	5,020	19	0	0	7	12	285	73	202	10	1
Bailey	681	5	0	3	2	0	54	9	43	2	0
Bald Head Island	305	0	0	0	0	0	38	17	20	1	0
Beaufort	4,245	20	0	3	3	14	170	59	102	9	1
Beech Mountain	330	0	0	0	0	0	30	6	22	2	0
Belmont	9,263	53	1	3	10	39	527	75	417	35	2
Benson	3,471	33	0	3	8	22	203	46	145	12	1
Bethel	1,739	6	0	0	1	5	83	12	68	3	0
Beulaville	1,121	11	0	0	1	10	55	17	38	0	0
Biscoe	1,680	4	0	1	3	0	166	18	144	4	0
Black Mountain	7,892	8	0	0	4	4	156	57	94	5	1
Bladenboro	1,667	17	0	0	3	14	117	33	83	1	0
Boiling Springs	3,796	1	0	1	0	0	48	17	30	1	2
Boone	13,885	25	1	4	7	13	425	60	355	10	1
Brevard	6,674	25	0	2	6	17	289	75	209	5	0
Broadway	1,151	3	0	0	1	2	16	0	16	0	0
Burgaw	4,160	13	0	0	3	10	151	23	120	8	1
Burlington	50,058	378	3	15	117	243	3,300	924	2,231	145	11
Butner	6,636	39	0	1	5	33	328	107	206	15	4
Candor	834	3	0	0	2	1	15	4	8	3	0
Canton	3,882	25	0	0	1	24	247	53	179	15	2
Cape Carteret	1,433	2	0	0	0	2	35	4	30	1	0
Carolina Beach	5,989	17	0	4	2	11	280	59	210	11	1
Carrboro	17,958	72	1	4	36	31	759	256	448	55	2
Carthage	2,027	6	0	0	0	6	69	22	41	6	1
Cary	125,277	107	3	12	47	45	2,342	503	1,761	78	13
Catawba	806	0	0	0	0	0	16	2	14	0	0
Chadbourn	2,063	31	0	0	12	19	273	62	201	10	2
Chapel Hill	52,034	152	2	9	74	67	1,882	531	1,261	90	3
Charlotte-Mecklenburg	758,769	7,070	83	272	2,984	3,731	46,934	11,933	29,735	5,266	336
Cherryville	5,554	15	0	0	2	13	275	87	179	9	0
China Grove	3,722	11	0	0	2	9	88	23	63	2	0
Claremont	1,143	7	1	1	3	2	59	15	38	6	0
Clayton	16,013	34	0	5	8	21	426	107	301	18	2
Cleveland	833	2	0	0	2	0	57	17	40	0	0
Clinton	8,876	98	0	4	40	54	543	125	385	33	6
Coats	2,115	8	0	0	2	6	41	12	28	1	0
Columbus	977	7	0	0	2	5	61	6	55	0	0
Concord	65,725	183	9	19	82	73	3,105	527	2,340	238	16
Cornelius	24,983	76	1	6	11	58	417	138	257	22	4
Cramerton	3,109	7	0	0	3	4	100	33	62	5	1
Creedmoor	3,606	12	0	3	2	7	107	28	69	10	2
Dobson	1,454	2	0	0	1	1	62	16	46	0	0
Dunn	10,004	96	1	6	33	56	933	174	698	61	1
Durham	221,785	1,815	24	75	886	830	11,958	3,490	7,584	884	30
East Spencer	1,777	13	0	1	3	9	59	32	21	6	2
Eden	15,393	72	2	1	20	49	869	215	606	48
Edenton	4,992	33	0	2	10	21	215	43	168	4	2
Elizabeth City	19,813	155	0	6	55	94	909	216	665	28	1
Elkin	4,079	9	0	1	2	6	163	28	130	5	1
Elon	6,986	14	0	2	2	10	120	32	88	0	0
Emerald Isle	3,672	6	0	0	2	4	215	92	119	4	0
Enfield	2,331	56	1	3	8	44	139	84	51	4	2
Erwin	4,807	21	0	0	5	16	156	61	80	15	0
Farmville	4,630	27	0	0	4	23	244	86	151	7	1
Fayetteville	171,457	1,621	23	72	653	873	13,499	3,920	8,684	895	45
Fletcher	4,725	6	0	0	3	3	135	22	106	7	1
Forest City	7,086	41	1	3	10	27	692	130	532	30	11
Franklin	3,953	15	0	0	3	12	158	35	114	9	1
Franklinton	1,972	7	0	2	3	2	63	10	48	5	0
Fuquay-Varina	16,674	52	0	2	12	38	598	108	463	27	3
Garner	26,378	106	3	11	62	30	1,344	195	1,079	70	5
Gastonia	71,486	646	7	21	237	381	5,326	1,210	3,678	438	53
Gibsonville	4,732	16	0	3	0	13	160	47	108	5	1
Goldsboro	37,445	330	5	4	117	204	2,869	746	1,929	194	2
Graham	14,543	84	0	6	20	58	730	204	488	38	1
Granite Falls	4,570	15	1	5	2	7	277	51	220	6	0
Greensboro	249,561	2,157	24	109	998	1,026	15,809	4,942	9,759	1,108	108
Greenville	77,960	632	6	13	243	370	5,105	1,538	3,304	263	12
Grifton	2,234	5	0	0	2	3	68	14	50	4	0
Hamlet	5,749	29	0	1	15	13	408	143	254	11	7
Henderson	15,841	204	3	2	87	112	1,836	555	1,203	78	7
Hendersonville	12,027	74	2	5	12	55	888	131	715	42	8
Hertford	2,149	16	1	1	5	9	82	47	33	2	1
Hickory	41,414	331	3	22	116	190	3,180	615	2,361	204
Highlands	950	1	0	0	0	1	53	19	34	0	0
High Point	102,298	718	11	30	310	367	6,108	1,953	3,755	400	33
Holden Beach	858	2	0	2	0	0	57	31	26	0	0
Holly Ridge	830	9	0	0	0	9	44	9	30	5	0
Hope Mills	13,004	101	0	3	34	64	1,115	291	775	49	1
Hudson	3,023	9	0	2	2	5	115	19	89	7	0
Huntersville	45,273	71	1	4	20	46	1,122	224	833	65	10
Indian Beach	93	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	7	2	0
Jacksonville	75,770	286	5	29	89	163	2,545	505	1,921	119	5
Jefferson	1,361	1	0	0	1	0	16	3	10	3	0
Kannapolis	42,065	167	4	10	50	103	1,167	391	643	133	4
Kenansville	904	3	1	0	2	0	31	5	25	1	0
Kernersville	22,782	128	1	8	30	89	1,310	212	1,043	55	8
Kill Devil Hills²	6,670		0	3	3		592	168	406	18	2
King	6,863	13	0	0	1	12	267	52	204	11	3
Kings Mountain	11,136	24	0	1	8	15	510	139	348	23	1
Kinston	22,168	262	6	12	69	175	1,766	484	1,213	69	6
Kitty Hawk	3,344	3	0	1	1	1	152	38	110	4	0
Knightdale	7,571	29	0	7	12	10	349	74	262	13	3
La Grange	2,745	23	0	1	4	18	156	29	125	2	1
Lake Lure	1,005	1	0	0	0	1	40	16	23	1	0
Lake Royale	0	3	0	1	0	2	75	23	50	2	0
Landis	3,111	0	0	0	0	0	82	14	64	4	1
Laurel Park	2,151	3	0	1	1	1	13	1	11	1	0
Laurinburg	15,442	132	2	7	46	77	1,034	387	588	59	9
Leland	4,992	16	0	0	7	9	282	86	188	8	0
Lenoir	17,843	64	4	1	21	38	971	198	708	65	6
Lexington	20,375	118	1	4	35	78	959	309	598	52	4
Liberty	2,726	5	0	0	2	3	35	6	28	1	1
Lincolnton	10,779	60	0	0	9	51	881	258	592	31	2
Long View	4,940	47	1	2	13	31	315	129	161	25	1
Louisburg	3,764	19	2	1	6	10	188	57	121	10	1
Lumberton	21,849	446	4	9	176	257	2,951	775	1,950	226	12
Madison	2,256	50	0	1	1	48	125	32	92	1	0
Magnolia	989	3	0	0	0	3	38	4	32	2	0
Maiden	3,461	11	0	1	6	4	128	13	105	10	0
Manteo	1,330	3	0	1	1	1	74	16	49	9	0
Marion	5,112	33	1	0	9	23	455	160	269	26	5
Mars Hill	1,770	0	0	0	0	0	39	10	29	0	1
Marshville	3,198	17	0	1	4	12	78	30	43	5	0
Matthews	27,140	61	0	3	33	25	1,157	209	900	48	7
Mayodan	2,600	12	0	1	1	10	205	23	182	0	0
Maysville	963	0	0	0	0	0	15	2	12	1	0
Mebane	10,534	49	0	2	14	33	330	70	248	12	0
Middlesex	857	0	0	0	0	0	41	13	26	2	0
Mint Hill	20,096	52	0	5	14	33	399	241	118	40	7
Mocksville	4,634	16	1	3	5	7	263	36	214	13	1
Monroe	32,216	199	2	7	66	124	2,139	505	1,481	153	10
Morehead City	9,683	66	0	7	10	49	723	113	600	10	3
Morganton	17,069	60	0	3	14	43	668	209	428	31	0
Morrisville	14,976	15	0	2	9	4	350	54	287	9	1
Mount Airy	8,729	62	0	1	16	45	629	123	471	35	2
Mount Holly	9,982	55	1	6	10	38	347	79	229	39	3
Mount Olive	4,380	40	2	0	6	32	376	95	262	19	3
Murfreesboro	2,333	2	0	0	0	2	150	40	109	1	0
Murphy	1,565	10	0	0	0	10	120	24	94	2	1
Nags Head	3,064	10	0	1	2	7	321	133	179	9	1
Newland	649	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	19	0	0
Newport	4,318	7	0	2	1	4	68	11	56	1	0
Newton	13,359	31	0	1	12	18	763	211	507	45	1
North Topsail Beach	976	0	0	0	0	0	16	7	9	0	0
North Wilkesboro	4,139	18	0	3	9	6	251	64	177	10	0
Norwood	2,131	5	0	0	1	4	120	51	63	6	0
Oak Island	8,397	23	0	2	7	14	409	161	245	3	1
Old Fort	961	3	0	0	3	0	31	11	18	2	0
Oxford	8,628	110	0	6	33	71	628	303	301	24	1
Pilot Mountain	1,269	3	0	0	2	1	156	38	111	7	1
Pinebluff	1,419	1	0	0	0	1	28	14	14	0	0
Pinehurst	12,422	5	0	3	0	2	112	2	104	6	1
Pine Knoll Shores	1,553	1	0	1	0	0	33	10	23	0	0
Pine Level	1,551	1	0	1	0	0	61	7	54	0	0
Pinetops	1,252	9	0	0	5	4	81	20	57	4	0
Pineville	6,642	63	1	1	23	38	1,078	99	914	65	11
Pittsboro	2,582	12	0	1	3	8	80	17	57	6	0
Plymouth	3,826	66	0	0	14	52	257	107	144	6	0
Raeford	3,466	36	2	1	11	22	314	116	183	15	0
Raleigh	388,661	2,245	34	95	1,025	1,091	13,220	3,095	9,178	947	68
Ramseur	1,715	3	0	0	1	2	93	24	66	3	0
Randleman	3,678	25	0	4	9	12	320	69	242	9	0
Red Springs	3,502	34	0	3	13	18	318	143	150	25	4
Reidsville	15,027	100	2	6	28	64	1,171	367	763	41	3
Richlands	913	5	0	0	1	4	39	6	31	2	0
Roanoke Rapids	16,347	84	0	6	40	38	1,016	249	711	56	5
Robbins	1,218	1	0	0	0	1	45	12	32	1	0
Robersonville	1,548	27	0	2	8	17	121	37	79	5	0
Rockingham	8,802	61	2	5	15	39	915	184	699	32	1
Rockwell	1,998	3	0	1	1	1	67	14	51	2	1
Rolesville	2,519	5	0	1	1	3	73	15	58	0	0
Rowland	1,148	4	1	0	3	0	67	34	29	4	0
Roxboro	8,681	83	1	3	16	63	617	189	404	24	5
Rutherfordton	4,019	1	0	0	1	0	154	27	124	3	0
Salisbury	28,747	327	4	15	145	163	2,345	583	1,592	170	8
Scotland Neck	2,163	34	0	3	10	21	186	66	116	4	0
Selma	6,921	76	1	9	27	39	501	276	199	26	4
Shallotte	1,759	14	0	1	5	8	251	116	124	11	2
Sharpsburg	2,400	14	0	2	5	7	73	37	30	6	1
Siler City	8,725	35	0	3	13	19	386	73	291	22	2
Smithfield	12,759	141	0	5	57	79	963	213	679	71	3
Southern Pines	12,604	155	1	4	43	107	710	209	467	34	5
Southern Shores	2,670	1	0	0	0	1	59	23	33	3	0
Southport	3,108	9	0	0	5	4	152	43	103	6	1
Sparta	1,778	3	0	0	0	3	27	8	16	3	0
Spencer	3,370	40	0	0	3	37	207	106	100	1	5
Stallings	8,960	22	0	1	5	16	301	67	226	8	0
Stanley	3,299	11	0	2	1	8	137	69	58	10	2
Star	797	2	0	0	0	2	22	5	17	0	0
St. Pauls	2,035	12	0	0	9	3	111	39	63	9	2
Sunset Beach	2,348	1	0	0	0	1	81	48	31	2	0
Surf City	1,986	9	0	1	0	8	182	87	94	1	0
Swansboro	1,915	10	0	0	4	6	94	16	69	9	1
Sylva	2,427	20	0	5	3	12	236	37	196	3	0
Tabor City	2,636	23	0	0	6	17	255	21	220	14	1
Tarboro	10,187	64	1	0	15	48	421	108	299	14	0
Taylorsville	1,828	9	1	0	2	6	211	39	167	5	0
Thomasville	26,528	155	1	3	41	110	1,642	392	1,176	74	5
Trent Woods	3,962	2	0	1	0	1	62	12	49	1	0
Troutman	1,819	6	0	0	4	2	129	53	69	7	0
Troy	3,373	26	0	1	5	20	185	30	147	8	1
Tryon	1,714	2	0	0	0	2	68	23	43	2	0
Valdese	4,523	6	1	0	2	3	102	40	61	1	0
Vass	780	3	0	0	0	3	53	12	40	1	0
Wadesboro	5,061	63	0	8	23	32	516	162	341	13	2
Wake Forest	27,532	52	0	3	17	32	650	120	511	19	0
Wallace	3,611	9	0	1	4	4	151	43	97	11	1
Warsaw	3,164	28	2	2	10	14	152	23	125	4	0
Washington	10,097	133	0	6	38	89	772	208	536	28	5
Waxhaw	3,665	13	1	0	5	7	192	39	148	5	0
Waynesville	9,921	37	0	8	8	21	347	117	215	15	1
Weldon	1,279	14	0	1	10	3	150	3	145	2	1
Wendell	5,260	12	0	2	3	7	184	60	119	5	0
West Jefferson	1,120	2	0	0	0	2	75	19	50	6	0
Whispering Pines	2,139	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	11	0	0
Whitakers	767	5	0	0	1	4	41	23	17	1	0
White Lake	565	2	0	0	0	2	82	15	62	5	0
Whiteville	5,226	75	0	4	27	44	765	146	583	36	2
Wilkesboro	3,168	19	0	3	2	14	357	62	283	12	0
Williamston	5,362	61	0	1	22	38	453	151	288	14	4
Wilmington	100,944	778	12	49	319	398	5,447	1,465	3,454	528	15
Wilson's Mills	1,587	7	0	1	0	6	63	29	28	6	0
Windsor	2,110	6	0	0	2	4	57	22	33	2	0
Winston-Salem	226,460	2,079	19	104	723	1,233	14,995	4,670	9,234	1,091	114
Winterville	4,803	35	0	0	3	32	271	95	163	13	2
Woodland	757	10	0	0	3	7	67	37	27	3	1
Wrightsville Beach	2,680	7	0	2	0	5	175	44	125	6	0
Yadkinville	2,862	10	0	2	1	7	164	35	124	5	1
Youngsville	748	8	0	0	2	6	77	12	64	1	0
Zebulon	4,566	33	0	1	7	25	446	34	404	8	5

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 The FBI determined that the agency's data were overreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.

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