Macon County Crime Statistics North Carolina

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Macon County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 776 crimes in Macon County, North Carolina. With a population of 33,084, there was 1 crime for every 42.6 people in the county. Out of the 776 crimes reported, 751 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 25 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	5	15.11
Robbery	2	6.05
Assault	18	54.41
Burglary	275	831.22
Larceny	439	1326.93
Vehicle	37	111.84
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 2,345.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A 4.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,253.8 incidents). There were 75.6 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 0.0% change (from 76.2 incidents). Property crimes changed 5.2% from (2,177.6) the previous year to 2,270.0 per 100,000 people.

Macon County ranks #5 for violent crimes and #22 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #446 and #1,705 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.

Macon County Criminal Records
Macon County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	3.0	5	15.2	1	3.0	18	54.9
2005	1	3.1	4	12.5	1	3.1	22	68.9
2004	5	15.8	3	9.5	4	12.6	25	78.9
2003	1	3.2	1	3.2	6	19.3	25	80.5
2002	0	0.0	1	3.2	2	6.5	13	42.2
2001	2	6.6	2	6.6	4	13.2	11	36.3
2000	2	6.7	2	6.7	4	13.4	21	70.4
1999	1	3.5	2	7.0	3	10.4	11	38.3
1998	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	10.7	20	71.3
1997	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	7.5	17	63.7
1996	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	11.4	16	60.8
1995	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	7.7	16	61.9
1994	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	4.0	4	15.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	264	805.1	406	1238.2	44	134.2	0	0.0
2005	235	735.9	390	1221.3	39	122.1	0	0.0
2004	250	789.3	355	1120.9	33	104.2	0	0.0
2003	260	836.7	415	1335.5	48	154.5	0	0.0
2002	271	879.5	365	1184.5	36	116.8	0	0.0
2001	243	801.5	358	1180.8	32	105.5	0	0.0
2000	205	687.7	340	1140.5	30	100.6	0	0.0
1999	194	675.3	298	1037.2	25	87.0	0	0.0
1998	194	691.4	277	987.2	26	92.7	0	0.0
1997	271	1015.6	284	1064.3	18	67.5	1	3.7
1996	249	946.1	293	1113.3	21	79.8	0	0.0
1995	207	800.5	190	734.8	22	85.1	0	0.0
1994	129	514.1	122	486.2	13	51.8	0	0.0

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