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Table 10

NORTH CAROLINA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2012

[The data shown in this table do not reflect county totals but are the number of offenses reported by the sheriff's office or county police department.]

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan County Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Forcible
rape		 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson
Metropolitan Counties Alamance 116 1 7 8 100 1,033 429 526 78 1
Alexander 36 1 6 6 23 803 335 425 43 16
Brunswick 108 1 20 17 70 1,825 684 1,052 89 13
Buncombe 144 4 18 34 88 1,954 812 960 182 11
Burke 100 2 3 22 73 1,644 741 833 70 3
Cabarrus 39 3 7 9 20 910 343 536 31 3
Caldwell 61 2 7 10 42 1,553 541 929 83 21
Catawba 132 9 7 22 94 1,803 737 991 75 13
Chatham 68 1 8 7 52 781 367 383 31 7
Craven 116 0 8 19 89 1,540 832 630 78 6
Cumberland 505 7 15 123 360 4,197 1,714 2,283 200 43
Currituck 37 0 2 2 33 544 114 419 11 6
Davidson 83 0 4 13 66 1,830 824 887 119 14
Davie 67 1 6 8 52 728 268 432 28 2
Durham 66 0 5 13 48 799 358 395 46 1
Edgecombe 55 0 6 11 38 602 295 272 35 7
Forsyth 258 2 13 27 216 2,334 679 1,565 90 14
Franklin 110 0 8 10 92 957 348 542 67 7
Gaston 7 0 0 0 7 2 0 1 1 0
Gaston County Police Department 193 2 13 17 161 1,308 567 615 126 22
Guilford 131 2 4 13 112 1,580 608 885 87 15
Haywood 89 1 6 7 75 969 428 490 51 3
Henderson 106 5 15 10 76 1,530 546 877 107 2
Iredell 164 0 8 14 142 1,965 771 1,083 111 10
Johnston 121 0 21 11 89 2,228 895 1,238 95 3
Lincoln 67 0 6 5 56 1,462 544 883 35 3
Nash 49 4 5 5 35 642 322 267 53 1
New Hanover 171 1 17 32 121 2,181 603 1,479 99 7
Onslow 219 2 29 37 151 2,911 848 1,943 120 13
Orange 38 3 3 11 21 586 341 218 27 3
Pamlico 27 0 1 3 23 296 57 234 5 1
Pender 106 1 10 9 86 763 171 556 36 5
Person 50 0 11 3 36 587 272 291 24 3
Pitt 153 4 6 21 122 1,238 461 729 48 3
Randolph 131 8 16 19 88 2,221 675 1,457 89 12
Rockingham 82 5 6 7 64 1,345 630 653 62 4
Rowan 140 2 9 14 115 1,537 592 882 63 4
Stokes 135 2 5 1 127 1,009 401 554 54 4
Union 234 6 14 32 182 2,226 667 1,456 103 20
Wake 170 2 23 27 118 2,462 1,000 1,276 186 23
Wayne 155 7 5 20 123 2,101 876 1,094 131 3
Yadkin 87 1 5 3 78 732 300 405 27 4
Nonmetropolitan Counties Anson 50 0 12 10 28 716 331 367 18 2
Ashe 26 0 4 1 21 431 196 210 25 2
Avery 20 0 0 1 19 180 55 120 5 5
Beaufort 73 0 4 10 59 745 323 396 26 10
Bertie 22 0 1 6 15 286 84 192 10 3
Bladen 100 2 1 14 83 1,102 362 707 33 12
Camden 12 0 1 2 9 113 40 70 3 0
Carteret 87 3 20 6 58 774 246 480 48 2
Caswell 62 2 8 4 48 519 214 288 17 7
Cherokee 32 3 3 1 25 599 246 327 26 5
Chowan 11 0 0 3 8 136 61 68 7 2
Clay 26 0 2 0 24 238 100 128 10 0
Cleveland 45 1 8 14 22 1,283 512 735 36 1
Columbus 131 3 14 32 82 1,498 723 685 90 12
Dare 25 1 7 3 14 721 215 487 19 5
Duplin 150 7 10 16 117 990 476 468 46 9
Granville 77 0 1 10 66 896 421 436 39 2
Halifax 115 5 12 11 87 859 396 416 47 12
Harnett 259 3 16 42 198 2,654 1,099 1,419 136 16
Hertford 26 2 4 7 13 279 139 116 24 0
Jackson 78 0 7 10 61 728 420 283 25 8
Lee 23 1 4 1 17 648 211 383 54 2
Lenoir 103 0 5 22 76 970 418 523 29 5
Macon 16 1 2 1 12 398 146 234 18 0
Martin 32 1 1 7 23 465 208 230 27 4
McDowell 45 0 6 4 35 768 293 428 47 5
Montgomery 39 3 4 2 30 466 212 233 21 3
Moore 56 5 4 7 40 815 411 353 51 2
Pasquotank 45 0 0 12 33 355 160 187 8 5
Perquimans 10 1 1 0 8 165 96 63 6 1
Richmond 135 7 16 21 91 1,280 565 659 56 13
Robeson 530 5 18 98 409 3,580 1,786 1,616 178 48
Rutherford 79 1 4 7 67 1,329 716 531 82 11
Sampson 82 4 5 16 57 1,393 772 544 77 5
Stanly 22 0 3 3 16 522 224 281 17 4
Surry 143 6 11 16 110 1,294 505 706 83 10
Swain 39 1 4 1 33 242 120 112 10 0
Transylvania 28 0 4 1 23 301 143 141 17 2
Tyrrell 5 0 1 2 2 60 10 45 5 0
Vance 53 3 4 22 24 1,292 613 597 82 1
Warren 47 2 3 6 36 479 203 232 44 5
Washington 20 0 1 4 15 167 50 109 8 2
Watauga 32 1 0 0 31 364 77 272 15 3
Wilkes 122 2 3 15 102 1,360 565 734 61 4
Wilson 65 4 3 9 49 650 229 395 26 4

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