Beaufort County Crime Statistics North Carolina

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Beaufort County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 1,760 crimes in Beaufort County, North Carolina. With a population of 46,993, there was 1 crime for every 26.7 people in the county. Out of the 1,760 crimes reported, 1,526 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 234 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	4	8.51
Rape	9	19.15
Robbery	54	114.91
Assault	167	355.37
Burglary	470	1000.15
Larceny	966	2055.63
Vehicle	89	189.39
Arson	1	2.1

The 2007 crime rate was 3,745.2 incidents per 100,000 people. A 14.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,285.3 incidents). There were 497.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 14.7% change (from 434.6 incidents). Property crimes changed 14.1% from (2,850.7) the previous year to 3,247.3 per 100,000 people.

Beaufort County ranks #77 for violent crimes and #54 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,439 and #2,354 for violent and property related offenses respectively in the nation.

A snapshot of the most current crime statistics are shown in the chart to the left and historical criminal data is shown in the charts below.

Beaufort County Criminal Records
Beaufort County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	17	36.2	49	104.4	138	294.0
2005	2	4.3	11	23.6	33	70.9	103	221.2
2004	2	4.3	17	36.9	58	125.7	104	225.4
2003	3	6.5	17	36.9	37	80.4	99	215.0
2002	2	4.3	12	25.8	47	101.1	109	234.6
2001	5	10.9	7	15.3	43	94.0	111	242.8
2000	3	6.7	18	40.0	42	93.4	141	313.6
1999	1	2.2	15	33.2	45	99.7	113	250.3
1998	3	6.7	9	20.0	38	84.5	116	258.1
1997	5	10.9	11	23.9	48	104.2	101	219.2
1996	5	11.0	14	30.8	63	138.7	92	202.5
1995	1	2.2	11	24.6	43	96.3	149	333.7
1994	3	6.8	9	20.3	47	105.8	113	254.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	393	837.3	864	1840.8	80	170.4	1	2.1
2005	450	966.6	855	1836.5	75	161.1	1	2.1
2004	411	890.9	958	2076.7	64	138.7	1	2.2
2003	628	1363.8	974	2115.2	59	128.1	1	2.2
2002	494	1063.0	983	2115.3	86	185.1	1	2.2
2001	455	995.1	836	1828.4	75	164.0	2	4.4
2000	498	1107.7	803	1786.1	56	124.6	1	2.2
1999	475	1052.1	875	1938.2	65	144.0	1	2.2
1998	649	1444.0	905	2013.6	94	209.1	1	2.2
1997	579	1256.8	1,037	2251.0	77	167.1	2	4.3
1996	724	1593.4	1,191	2621.2	98	215.7	1	2.2
1995	580	1299.1	1,028	2302.6	74	165.8	1	2.2
1994	721	1622.5	1,021	2297.6	84	189.0	1	2.3

*Crime Rate is based on number of reported cases per 100,000 population