Table 6
NORTH CAROLINA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by City, 2016
City | Population |
Violent crime |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
Rape (revised definition1) |
Rape (legacy definition2) |
Robbery |
Aggravated assault |
Property crime |
Burglary |
Larceny- theft |
Motor vehicle theft |
Arson |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen | 7,549 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 289 | 52 | 226 | 11 | 1 | |
Ahoskie | 4,883 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 291 | 81 | 201 | 9 | 0 | |
Albemarle | 16,024 | 107 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 76 | 771 | 201 | 538 | 32 | 4 | |
Angier | 5,097 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 129 | 62 | 59 | 8 | 3 | |
Apex | 47,324 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 601 | 83 | 501 | 17 | 1 | |
Asheboro | 26,230 | 104 | 1 | 11 | 39 | 53 | 1,501 | 300 | 1,161 | 40 | 10 | |
Asheville | 89,546 | 537 | 10 | 48 | 144 | 335 | 4,357 | 752 | 3,345 | 260 | 7 | |
Atlantic Beach | 1,503 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 130 | 42 | 84 | 4 | 0 | |
Ayden | 5,078 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 195 | 49 | 137 | 9 | 0 | |
Bailey | 564 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Banner Elk | 1,163 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
Beaufort | 4,244 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 90 | 19 | 67 | 4 | 1 | |
Beech Mountain | 320 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
Belhaven | 1,586 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | |
Belmont | 10,593 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 513 | 58 | 445 | 10 | 0 | |
Benson | 3,648 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 235 | 71 | 148 | 16 | 0 | |
Bessemer City | 5,591 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 87 | 38 | 47 | 2 | 1 | |
Biltmore Forest | 1,461 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Biscoe | 1,689 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 150 | 13 | 136 | 1 | 4 | |
Black Mountain | 8,368 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 124 | 21 | 96 | 7 | 0 | |
Blowing Rock | 1,303 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
Boiling Spring Lakes | 5,873 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 173 | 29 | 138 | 6 | 7 | |
Boone | 18,374 | 35 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 393 | 74 | 307 | 12 | 1 | |
Brevard | 7,747 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 206 | 33 | 168 | 5 | 0 | |
Burgaw | 4,147 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 145 | 7 | 132 | 6 | 0 | |
Burlington | 52,760 | 392 | 6 | 15 | 71 | 300 | 1,833 | 430 | 1,309 | 94 | 1 | |
Butner | 7,781 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 166 | 52 | 104 | 10 | 2 | |
Cape Carteret | 2,080 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
Carrboro | 21,478 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 434 | 88 | 334 | 12 | 3 | |
Carthage | 2,416 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 9 | 52 | 2 | 0 | |
Cary | 164,835 | 151 | 1 | 20 | 68 | 62 | 1,656 | 234 | 1,363 | 59 | 7 | |
Chapel Hill | 60,004 | 113 | 2 | 15 | 33 | 63 | 1,363 | 280 | 1,017 | 66 | 3 | |
Charlotte-Mecklenburg | 896,379 | 6,560 | 67 | 219 | 2,121 | 4,153 | 36,732 | 6,691 | 27,280 | 2,761 | 220 | |
Cherryville | 6,018 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 171 | 61 | 105 | 5 | 0 | |
Claremont | 1,368 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |
Clayton | 19,968 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 380 | 86 | 285 | 9 | 0 | |
Clinton | 8,789 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 35 | 471 | 123 | 332 | 16 | 3 | |
Clyde | 1,247 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
Columbus | 994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 0 | |
Concord | 89,446 | 124 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 61 | 2,205 | 346 | 1,759 | 100 | 8 | |
Conover | 8,261 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 271 | 46 | 216 | 9 | 0 | |
Creedmoor | 4,487 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 127 | 53 | 70 | 4 | 0 | |
Davidson | 12,469 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 137 | 19 | 114 | 4 | 1 | |
Dobson | 1,570 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 0 | |
Drexel | 1,864 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
Duck | 386 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
Eden | 15,343 | 81 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 49 | 567 | 126 | 419 | 22 | 4 | |
Edenton | 4,822 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 157 | 53 | 101 | 3 | 0 | |
Elizabeth City | 17,852 | 127 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 84 | 835 | 213 | 602 | 20 | 1 | |
Elkin | 4,067 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 378 | 40 | 337 | 1 | 0 | |
Elon | 10,150 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 28 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
Emerald Isle | 3,731 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 198 | 85 | 110 | 3 | 1 | |
Erwin | 4,730 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 193 | 57 | 129 | 7 | 1 | |
Fairmont | 2,703 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 123 | 43 | 77 | 3 | 5 | |
Farmville | 4,776 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 168 | 53 | 112 | 3 | 0 | |
Fayetteville | 202,200 | 1,531 | 33 | 99 | 316 | 1,083 | 9,201 | 1,868 | 6,942 | 391 | 60 | |
Fletcher | 7,660 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 161 | 71 | 84 | 6 | 1 | |
Forest City | 7,246 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 514 | 133 | 350 | 31 | 2 | |
Fuquay-Varina | 25,249 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 479 | 84 | 383 | 12 | 2 | |
Garner | 28,508 | 86 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 52 | 993 | 172 | 782 | 39 | 1 | |
Gibsonville | 6,843 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 85 | 43 | 36 | 6 | 0 | |
Goldsboro | 35,871 | 389 | 11 | 3 | 84 | 291 | 1,999 | 484 | 1,416 | 99 | 5 | |
Graham | 14,712 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 58 | 475 | 118 | 338 | 19 | 2 | |
Granite Falls | 4,651 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 283 | 11 | 257 | 15 | 0 | |
Hamlet | 6,430 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 34 | 224 | 103 | 109 | 12 | 4 | |
Haw River | 2,420 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 83 | 27 | 49 | 7 | 0 | |
Henderson | 15,249 | 160 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 119 | 873 | 210 | 638 | 25 | 6 | |
Hendersonville | 13,954 | 50 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 18 | 844 | 119 | 680 | 45 | 2 | |
Hickory | 40,437 | 165 | 6 | 19 | 56 | 84 | 1,953 | 362 | 1,482 | 109 | 8 | |
Highlands | 939 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 23 | 42 | 1 | 0 | |
High Point | 111,435 | 721 | 7 | 36 | 220 | 458 | 3,983 | 781 | 2,992 | 210 | 9 | |
Holly Ridge | 2,300 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 26 | 47 | 3 | 0 | |
Holly Springs | 32,862 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 295 | 45 | 245 | 5 | 0 | |
Hope Mills | 16,268 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 789 | 163 | 603 | 23 | 2 | |
Hudson | 3,710 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 105 | 22 | 80 | 3 | 0 | |
Huntersville | 53,932 | 63 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 37 | 1,157 | 148 | 959 | 50 | 3 | |
Jefferson | 1,605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
Kannapolis | 46,867 | 118 | 1 | 15 | 32 | 70 | 936 | 228 | 636 | 72 | 3 | |
Kenansville | 872 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Kernersville | 23,943 | 102 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 71 | 1,143 | 151 | 956 | 36 | 3 | |
Kill Devil Hills | 7,132 | 41 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 344 | 150 | 188 | 6 | 1 | |
King | 7,091 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 233 | 23 | 208 | 2 | 1 | |
Kings Mountain | 10,785 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 293 | 68 | 224 | 1 | 1 | |
Kinston | 21,268 | 257 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 210 | 1,296 | 326 | 938 | 32 | 6 | |
Kitty Hawk | 3,482 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 132 | 31 | 98 | 3 | 1 | |
Knightdale | 14,875 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 316 | 31 | 273 | 12 | 0 | |
Lake Royale | 2,670 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
Laurel Park | 2,341 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
Laurinburg | 15,423 | 201 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 151 | 901 | 521 | 358 | 22 | 4 | |
Leland | 18,842 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 427 | 85 | 323 | 19 | 1 | |
Lenoir | 17,822 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 43 | 843 | 161 | 630 | 52 | 4 | |
Long View | 4,901 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 243 | 88 | 131 | 24 | 3 | |
Louisburg | 3,582 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 89 | 24 | 63 | 2 | 0 | |
Lumberton | 21,683 | 393 | 9 | 5 | 132 | 247 | 2,998 | 920 | 1,917 | 161 | 21 | |
Maiden | 3,379 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 109 | 23 | 79 | 7 | 0 | |
Manteo | 1,401 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6 | 50 | 4 | 0 | |
Marion | 7,827 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 612 | 179 | 403 | 30 | 1 | |
Marshville | 2,684 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 95 | 25 | 67 | 3 | 0 | |
Matthews | 31,401 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 1,075 | 110 | 909 | 56 | 4 | |
Maxton | 2,454 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 143 | 68 | 71 | 4 | 2 | |
Mayodan | 2,469 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 182 | 34 | 145 | 3 | 0 | |
Maysville | 1,003 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
Mebane | 14,201 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 578 | 46 | 516 | 16 | 3 | |
Mint Hill | 26,221 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 632 | 114 | 491 | 27 | 5 | |
Monroe | 34,978 | 227 | 1 | 5 | 68 | 153 | 1,964 | 348 | 1,534 | 82 | 7 | |
Mooresville | 36,482 | 100 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 63 | 1,443 | 178 | 1,232 | 33 | 8 | |
Morehead City | 9,477 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 382 | 56 | 322 | 4 | 0 | |
Mount Airy | 10,345 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 511 | 94 | 378 | 39 | 4 | |
Mount Holly | 14,284 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 305 | 85 | 199 | 21 | 3 | |
Mount Olive | 4,752 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 213 | 53 | 152 | 8 | 1 | |
Murphy | 1,613 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 117 | 24 | 85 | 8 | 0 | |
Nags Head | 2,938 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 247 | 123 | 119 | 5 | 1 | |
New Bern | 30,137 | 124 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 74 | 1,046 | 167 | 856 | 23 | 5 | |
Newland | 684 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Newport | 4,841 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 85 | 14 | 67 | 4 | 0 | |
Newton | 13,049 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 446 | 103 | 325 | 18 | 2 | |
North Wilkesboro | 4,215 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 144 | 3 | 135 | 6 | 1 | |
Oxford | 8,794 | 100 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 74 | 536 | 122 | 388 | 26 | 4 | |
Pilot Mountain | 1,462 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 43 | 1 | 1 | |
Pinebluff | 1,467 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Pinehurst | 15,948 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 84 | 0 | 82 | 2 | 0 | |
Pine Knoll Shores | 1,368 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
Pine Level | 1,893 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 0 | |
Pineville | 8,626 | 53 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 1,221 | 127 | 1,055 | 39 | 6 | |
Pittsboro | 4,287 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 133 | 16 | 113 | 4 | 2 | |
Plymouth | 3,618 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 161 | 23 | 130 | 8 | 6 | |
Raeford | 4,907 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 194 | 25 | 165 | 4 | 1 | |
Randleman | 4,160 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 394 | 94 | 295 | 5 | 1 | |
Reidsville | 13,991 | 102 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 73 | 766 | 167 | 573 | 26 | 1 | |
Richlands | 1,720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Roanoke Rapids | 15,273 | 108 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 72 | 1,045 | 265 | 747 | 33 | 4 | |
Robersonville | 1,412 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 58 | 19 | 37 | 2 | 0 | |
Rockingham | 9,155 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 707 | 163 | 528 | 16 | 3 | |
Rockwell | 2,148 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 8 | 43 | 7 | 0 | |
Rocky Mount3 | 55,431 | 435 | 4 | 12 | 116 | 303 | 593 | 98 | 12 | |||
Rolesville | 6,962 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 121 | 15 | 103 | 3 | 0 | |
Rose Hill | 1,672 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Rowland | 1,052 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 59 | 22 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
Rutherfordton | 4,173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 136 | 3 | 0 | |
Salisbury | 34,121 | 332 | 14 | 9 | 74 | 235 | 1,662 | 416 | 1,169 | 77 | 15 | |
Selma | 6,351 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 329 | 130 | 185 | 14 | 1 | |
Shallotte | 4,066 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 156 | 27 | 122 | 7 | 0 | |
Shelby | 20,168 | 123 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 82 | 728 | 203 | 475 | 50 | 6 | |
Siler City | 8,498 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 350 | 71 | 266 | 13 | 0 | |
Snow Hill | 1,570 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 8 | 44 | 1 | 0 | |
Southern Pines | 13,778 | 69 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 47 | 360 | 76 | 272 | 12 | 0 | |
Spencer | 3,296 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 139 | 46 | 85 | 8 | 1 | |
Stallings | 15,569 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 207 | 48 | 140 | 19 | 1 | |
Stanley | 3,712 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 85 | 26 | 57 | 2 | 0 | |
Star | 874 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
St. Pauls | 2,422 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 126 | 29 | 97 | 0 | 0 | |
Surf City | 2,256 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 170 | 14 | 149 | 7 | 0 | |
Swansboro | 3,250 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 81 | 4 | 73 | 4 | 0 | |
Sylva | 2,623 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 237 | 53 | 168 | 16 | 0 | |
Tabor City | 3,910 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 132 | 36 | 89 | 7 | 0 | |
Tarboro | 11,113 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 42 | 370 | 68 | 297 | 5 | 0 | |
Thomasville | 27,117 | 87 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 58 | 1,101 | 221 | 842 | 38 | 7 | |
Trent Woods | 4,192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Troutman | 2,576 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 80 | 14 | 64 | 2 | 1 | |
Troy | 3,411 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 78 | 26 | 49 | 3 | 0 | |
Wadesboro | 5,541 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 53 | 331 | 89 | 230 | 12 | 0 | |
Wake Forest | 39,996 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 954 | 77 | 866 | 11 | 2 | |
Wallace | 3,979 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 168 | 32 | 127 | 9 | 0 | |
Warrenton | 861 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 0 | |
Warsaw | 3,191 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 102 | 25 | 68 | 9 | 0 | |
Washington | 9,796 | 66 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 509 | 98 | 403 | 8 | 1 | |
Waxhaw | 14,367 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 145 | 35 | 109 | 1 | 0 | |
Waynesville | 9,801 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 450 | 171 | 233 | 46 | 0 | |
Weaverville3 | 3,988 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 80 | 5 | 0 | |||
Weldon | 1,574 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 54 | 12 | 36 | 6 | 0 | |
Wendell | 6,368 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 109 | 28 | 76 | 5 | 0 | |
West Jefferson | 1,309 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 2 | 80 | 3 | 0 | |
Whispering Pines | 3,187 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
White Lake | 778 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 17 | 67 | 3 | 0 | |
Wilkesboro | 3,527 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 267 | 7 | 254 | 6 | 1 | |
Wilmington | 117,852 | 759 | 15 | 44 | 204 | 496 | 4,771 | 1,277 | 3,219 | 275 | 11 | |
Windsor | 3,819 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 0 | |
Winterville | 9,502 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 147 | 46 | 99 | 2 | 0 | |
Woodfin | 6,411 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 90 | 39 | 42 | 9 | 0 | |
Wrightsville Beach | 2,581 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 179 | 35 | 136 | 8 | 1 | |
Yadkinville | 2,918 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 116 | 27 | 88 | 1 | 1 | |
Youngsville | 1,228 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 0 |
- 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 the 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 the data declaration for further explanation.
- 3 The FBI determined that the agency's data were underreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.
Data Declaration
Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.