Swain County Crime Statistics North Carolina

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Swain County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 375 crimes in Swain County, North Carolina. With a population of 13,624, there was 1 crime for every 36.3 people in the county. Out of the 375 crimes reported, 336 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 39 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	1	7.34
Robbery	4	29.36
Assault	34	249.56
Burglary	84	616.56
Larceny	235	1724.90
Vehicle	17	124.78
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 2,752.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A -26.8% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,760.2 incidents). There were 286.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -20.4% change (from 364.9 incidents). Property crimes changed -26.3% from (3,395.4) the previous year to 2,466.2 per 100,000 people.

Swain County ranks #45 for violent crimes and #27 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,825 and #1,877 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.

Swain County Criminal Records
Swain County Jails
Swain County Courts

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	7.4	1	7.4	2	14.9	45	335.1
2005	3	22.4	4	29.9	0	0.0	61	456.4
2004	0	0.0	5	37.5	1	7.5	28	210.0
2003	0	0.0	2	15.1	1	7.5	38	286.3
2002	0	0.0	6	44.8	0	0.0	26	194.0
2001	0	0.0	5	37.9	1	7.6	10	75.8
2000	0	0.0	1	7.7	2	15.4	11	84.8
1999	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	8.0	30	240.6
1998	1	8.1	1	8.1	1	8.1	16	129.2
1997	0	0.0	3	24.4	0	0.0	19	154.4
1996	1	8.2	0	0.0	7	57.7	11	90.6
1995	1	8.4	1	8.4	0	0.0	4	33.5
1994	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	16.8	1	8.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	88	655.2	336	2501.9	32	238.3	0	0.0
2005	58	434.0	238	1780.8	24	179.6	0	0.0
2004	53	397.5	218	1634.8	20	150.0	0	0.0
2003	51	384.2	182	1371.0	16	120.5	0	0.0
2002	56	417.8	98	731.1	14	104.4	0	0.0
2001	49	371.5	120	909.8	12	91.0	0	0.0
2000	28	215.9	113	871.4	13	100.2	0	0.0
1999	87	697.7	98	785.9	6	48.1	0	0.0
1998	72	581.2	109	879.9	6	48.4	0	0.0
1997	73	593.1	102	828.7	4	32.5	0	0.0
1996	72	593.0	62	510.6	6	49.4	0	0.0
1995	79	662.1	71	595.1	6	50.3	0	0.0
1994	71	597.7	62	522.0	6	50.5	0	0.0

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