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Wilmington, NC crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2021 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2022 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2022 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

With a crime rate of 37 per one thousand residents, Wilmington has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 27. Within North Carolina, more than 84% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Wilmington.

Importantly, when you compare Wilmington to other communities of similar population, then Wilmington crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Wilmington 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.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Wilmington 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 Wilmington.

For Wilmington, we found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked included rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Wilmington is one in 177.

Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Wilmington experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Wilmington is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Wilmington, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 32, which is a rate of 31 per one thousand population.

Wilmington Crime Data

total Crime Index

6

(100 is safest)


Safer than 6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Wilmington Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

665

3,655

4,320

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

5.65

31.07

36.72

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
5.65
4.3
National Median: 4
    Wilmington
    North Carolina

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 177

in Wilmington

1 in 232

in North Carolina

Wilmington Violent Crimes

Population: 117,643
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 14 95 107 449
Rate per 1,000 0.12 0.81 0.91 3.82

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 331,888,310
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 22,941 144,285 202,155 943,774
Rate per 1,000 0.07 0.43 0.61 2.84

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
31.07
22.4
National Median: 19
    Wilmington
    North Carolina

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 32

in Wilmington

1 in 45

in North Carolina

Property Crimes

Population: 117,643
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 577 2,842 236
Rate per 1,000 4.90 24.16 2.01

United States Property Crimes

Population: 331,888,310
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,656 4,626,970 890,179
Rate per 1,000 2.71 13.94 2.68

Wilmington Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
83
25
National Median: 26.8
    Wilmington
    North Carolina