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Columbus County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 2,904 crimes in Columbus County, North Carolina. With a population of 55,148, there was 1 crime for every 19.0 people in the county. Out of the 2,904 crimes reported, 2,688 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 216 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	5	9.07
Rape	9	16.32
Robbery	49	88.85
Assault	153	277.44
Burglary	988	1791.54
Larceny	1,529	2772.54
Vehicle	170	308.26
Arson	1	1.8

The 2007 crime rate was 5,265.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A -4.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,512.4 incidents). There were 391.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -22.9% change (from 501.5 incidents). Property crimes changed -3.9% from (5,010.9) the previous year to 4,874.2 per 100,000 people.

Columbus County ranks #72 for violent crimes and #86 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,197 and #2,797 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.

Columbus County Criminal Records
Columbus County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	2	3.6	11	19.7	68	121.8	199	356.4
2005	8	14.4	16	28.8	68	122.3	295	530.5
2004	6	10.8	11	19.9	61	110.1	295	532.6
2003	4	7.2	10	18.0	53	95.5	343	618.0
2002	4	7.1	21	37.1	79	139.6	369	652.0
2001	8	14.4	19	34.1	86	154.5	240	431.0
2000	8	14.6	11	20.1	58	105.9	205	374.4
1999	6	11.2	13	24.4	55	103.1	188	352.3
1998	11	20.6	15	28.1	43	80.6	250	468.7
1997	10	18.7	16	29.9	47	87.8	230	429.6
1996	6	11.4	27	51.1	49	92.8	235	445.1
1995	5	9.6	21	40.5	70	134.9	215	414.4
1994	4	7.7	19	36.6	39	75.1	233	448.8

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	976	1747.9	1,584	2836.8	236	422.7	2	3.6
2005	979	1760.4	1,677	3015.5	197	354.2	0	0.0
2004	1,078	1946.3	1,804	3257.1	195	352.1	0	0.0
2003	979	1763.8	1,572	2832.2	147	264.8	1	1.8
2002	1,180	2085.1	1,611	2846.7	149	263.3	1	1.8
2001	1,241	2228.8	1,610	2891.5	236	423.8	2	3.6
2000	991	1810.1	1,603	2927.9	190	347.0	0	0.0
1999	795	1489.9	1,560	2923.5	159	298.0	1	1.9
1998	984	1844.8	1,743	3267.7	192	360.0	2	3.7
1997	878	1640.1	1,542	2880.5	171	319.4	1	1.9
1996	768	1454.5	1,401	2653.4	161	304.9	2	3.8
1995	871	1678.8	1,336	2575.1	172	331.5	2	3.9
1994	825	1589.2	1,388	2673.7	183	352.5	1	1.9

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