Lenoir County Crime Statistics North Carolina

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Lenoir County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 3,034 crimes in Lenoir County, North Carolina. With a population of 57,815, there was 1 crime for every 19.1 people in the county. Out of the 3,034 crimes reported, 2,562 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 472 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	3.46
Rape	24	41.51
Robbery	82	141.83
Assault	364	629.59
Burglary	750	1297.24
Larceny	1,688	2919.66
Vehicle	122	211.02
Arson	2	3.5

The 2007 crime rate was 5,247.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A -8.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,708.2 incidents). There were 816.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 25.5% change (from 638.0 incidents). Property crimes changed -14.3% from (5,070.2) the previous year to 4,431.4 per 100,000 people.

Lenoir County ranks #95 for violent crimes and #82 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,745 and #2,726 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.

Lenoir County Criminal Records
Lenoir County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	8	13.6	18	30.5	52	88.2	298	505.7
2005	9	15.2	14	23.6	76	128.4	324	547.2
2004	6	10.1	11	18.6	60	101.2	306	516.0
2003	5	8.4	15	25.2	86	144.5	281	472.2
2002	9	14.6	21	34.2	91	148.1	266	432.8
2001	5	8.3	14	23.1	99	163.7	416	687.9
2000	3	5.0	29	48.8	87	146.3	269	452.4
1999	3	5.0	21	35.2	65	109.1	278	466.6
1998	4	6.6	19	31.6	94	156.2	318	528.4
1997	6	9.8	18	29.5	109	178.5	312	511.0
1996	7	11.6	17	28.2	114	189.3	279	463.3
1995	5	8.5	18	30.4	150	253.5	370	625.3
1994	9	15.1	13	21.8	141	236.9	410	688.8

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	713	1209.8	2,120	3597.3	153	259.6	2	3.4
2005	877	1481.2	2,384	4026.3	150	253.3	1	1.7
2004	1,055	1779.1	2,239	3775.8	156	263.1	1	1.7
2003	906	1522.5	2,248	3777.8	112	188.2	1	1.7
2002	1,114	1812.4	2,272	3696.5	143	232.7	0	0.0
2001	754	1246.8	2,236	3697.3	146	241.4	0	0.0
2000	646	1086.4	2,109	3546.7	140	235.4	0	0.0
1999	698	1171.6	2,094	3514.9	124	208.1	0	0.0
1998	946	1572.1	2,249	3737.4	172	285.8	2	3.3
1997	754	1235.0	2,427	3975.2	174	285.0	2	3.3
1996	1,037	1722.1	2,204	3660.0	185	307.2	1	1.7
1995	1,040	1757.7	2,145	3625.3	181	305.9	3	5.1
1994	930	1562.4	2,066	3471.0	165	277.2	3	5.0

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