New Hanover County Crime Statistics North Carolina

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New Hanover County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 10,504 crimes in New Hanover County, North Carolina. With a population of 187,872, there was 1 crime for every 17.9 people in the county. Out of the 10,504 crimes reported, 9,438 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,066 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	11	5.86
Rape	92	48.97
Robbery	398	211.85
Assault	565	300.74
Burglary	2,401	1278.00
Larceny	6,141	3268.71
Vehicle	892	474.79
Arson	4	2.1

The 2007 crime rate was 5,591.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A -6.8% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,999.9 incidents). There were 567.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -6.2% change (from 620.3 incidents). Property crimes changed -4.2% from (5,379.6) the previous year to 5,023.6 per 100,000 people.

New Hanover County ranks #82 for violent crimes and #88 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,552 and #2,820 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.

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Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	7	3.8	97	53.0	453	247.4	579	316.2
2005	8	4.5	106	60.1	347	196.7	631	357.6
2004	9	5.3	100	58.6	313	183.3	701	410.5
2003	5	3.0	50	29.9	376	224.5	574	342.8
2002	10	6.0	69	41.6	391	236.0	680	410.4
2001	10	6.1	70	42.9	354	217.1	610	374.2
2000	8	5.0	59	36.8	369	230.2	494	308.2
1999	12	7.9	51	33.6	388	255.4	536	352.9
1998	14	9.3	63	42.0	414	275.9	646	430.5
1997	17	12.0	56	39.5	353	248.9	642	452.7
1996	4	2.9	61	43.6	273	195.2	775	554.0
1995	9	6.5	49	35.7	263	191.4	606	440.9
1994	4	3.0	49	37.1	269	203.5	745	563.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,614	1427.4	6,441	3517.1	793	433.0	4	2.2
2005	2,870	1626.6	6,270	3553.6	861	488.0	2	1.1
2004	2,912	1705.2	6,887	4033.0	689	403.5	3	1.8
2003	2,914	1740.3	7,144	4266.4	721	430.6	3	1.8
2002	2,734	1650.0	7,387	4458.0	896	540.7	3	1.8
2001	2,883	1768.3	6,963	4270.9	856	525.0	2	1.2
2000	2,937	1832.1	6,556	4089.7	848	529.0	3	1.9
1999	2,687	1768.9	6,485	4269.2	836	550.4	2	1.3
1998	2,674	1782.1	6,400	4265.3	752	501.2	3	2.0
1997	2,898	2043.3	6,690	4716.9	779	549.2	2	1.4
1996	2,551	1823.7	6,794	4856.9	703	502.6	4	2.9
1995	2,481	1805.1	7,494	5452.5	608	442.4	5	3.6
1994	2,405	1819.5	6,730	5091.5	589	445.6	7	5.3

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