How does your city rank? BackgroundChecks.org has compiled a list of North Carolina’s safest cities.
The online background check portal gave each North Carolina city (with a population above 10,000) a score on its Safety Index, which combines FBI crime statistics and law enforcement employment numbers to calculate the safety of a given city. Twenty-four cities in the state earned a 0.24 or above, indicating a high level of public safety well above the U.S. average.
Rank | City | Safety Index |
---|---|---|
1 | Pinehurst | 0.6 |
2 | Archdale | 0.58 |
3 | Holly Springs | 0.54 |
4 | Mount Airy | 0.54 |
5 | Elon | 0.51 |
6 | Apex | 0.5 |
7 | Knightdale | 0.47 |
8 | Mount Holly | 0.45 |
9 | Davidson | 0.44 |
10 | Boone | 0.42 |
11 | Clayton | 0.42 |
12 | Stallings | 0.41 |
13 | Kings Mountain | 0.39 |
14 | Waxhaw | 0.39 |
15 | Wake Forest | 0.39 |
16 | Mooresville | 0.38 |
17 | Concord | 0.36 |
18 | Cary | 0.36 |
19 | Leland | 0.35 |
20 | Morrisville | 0.31 |
21 | Fuquay-Varina | 0.31 |
22 | Kannapolis | 0.28 |
23 | Huntersville | 0.27 |
24 | Chapel Hill | 0.27 |
25 | Lenoir | 0.16 |
26 | Southern Pines | 0.16 |
27 | Carrboro | 0.15 |
28 | Havelock | 0.15 |
29 | Matthews | 0.11 |
30 | Newton | 0.08 |
31 | Hendersonville | 0.07 |
32 | Mint Hill | 0.07 |
33 | Tarboro | 0.05 |
34 | New Bern | 0.04 |
35 | Kernersville | -0.03 |
36 | Lincolnton | -0.04 |
37 | Jacksonville | -0.11 |
38 | Garner | -0.15 |
39 | Belmont | -0.22 |
40 | Mebane | -0.33 |
41 | Smithfield | -0.33 |
42 | Albemarle | -0.37 |
43 | Rocky Mount | -0.39 |
44 | Eden | -0.39 |
45 | Hickory | -0.42 |
46 | Thomasville | -0.44 |
47 | Elizabeth City | -0.49 |
48 | Wilmington | -0.49 |
49 | Asheboro | -0.56 |
50 | Asheville | -0.6 |
51 | Greenville | -0.62 |
52 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg | -0.68 |
53 | High Point | -0.7 |
54 | Fayetteville | -0.7 |
55 | Greensboro | -0.73 |
56 | Hope Mills | -0.87 |
57 | Reidsville | -0.88 |
58 | Durham | -0.9 |
59 | Goldsboro | -0.93 |
60 | Roanoke Rapids | -0.98 |
61 | Burlington | -1 |
62 | Gastonia | -1 |
63 | Henderson | -1.42 |
64 | Kinston | -1.73 |