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Crime rates for Highlands, NC
Safest Highlands Neighborhoods
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| 1 | Cashiers |
| 2 | Town Center |
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POPULATION
901
Highlands Crime Rates
Highlands Crime Data
CRIME INDEX
66
100 is safest
This city is safer than 66% of the cities in the US.
city Annual Crimes
| VIOLENT | PROPERTY | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 26 | 26 |
| annual crimes per 1,000 residents | ||
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 | 28.86 | 28.86 |
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Violent Crime Comparison per 1,000 residents
- NATIONAL MEDIAN
- 4.7
- MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
- in Highlands
1 in 10000 - in North Carolina
1 in 198
| Highlands | North Carolina |
|---|
| MURDER | RAPE | ROBBERY | ASSAULT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REPORTED TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| MURDER | RAPE | ROBBERY | ASSAULT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REPORTED TOTAL | 16,692 | 93,934 | 417,122 | 862,947 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.32 | 1.41 | 2.91 |
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Property Crime Rate Comparison per 1,000 residents
- NATIONAL MEDIAN
- 34.3
- MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
- in Highlands
1 in 35 - in North Carolina
1 in 22
| Highlands | North Carolina |
|---|
| BURGLARY | THEFT | MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| REPORTED TOTAL | 9 | 16 | 1 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 9.99 | 17.76 | 1.11 |
| BURGLARY | THEFT | MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| REPORTED TOTAL | 2,154,126 | 6,776,807 | 1,235,226 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 7.27 | 22.86 | 4.17 |
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Crimes Per Square Mile
| Highlands | North Carolina |
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- NATIONAL MEDIAN
- 49.6
Highlands has an overall crime rate of 29 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Highlands is 1 in 35. How does Highlands fare compared to other communities in North Carolina of all population sizes? Highlands's crime rate is lower than approximately 50% of North Carolina communities.
However, when you compare Highlands to other towns of similar population, the Highlands crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Highlands 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 Highlands 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 Highlands.
Importantly, our analysis shows that Highlands has one of the lowest violent crime rates in all of America, across cities and towns of all sizes. Murder, forcible rape, armed robbery and aggravated assault happen far less frequently here than in most places. Your chance of becoming a victim? Just one in 10000. Highlands's violent crime rate is just 0 per 1,000 residents.
Moreover, the rate of property crime in Highlands – burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson – is 29 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.
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