Crime rates for Concord, NC

About Concord crime rates

The crime rate in Concord is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 40 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Concord is 1 in 25. Based on FBI crime data, Concord is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to North Carolina, Concord has a crime rate that is higher than 69% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Concord to other communities of similar population, then Concord crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Concord does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Concord does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Concord.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Concord's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, forcible (not statutory) rape, and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Concord is one in 867.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Concord's rate for property crime is 39 per one thousand population. This makes Concord a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Concord is one in 26.