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Davidson County, NC Arrest Records

Davidson County, NC is among the safest counties in the USA with 0.64 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4.69 per 1,000 average. It has higher total crime rate than Forsyth, Iredell, Union, Wake, Catawba counties in North Carolina.
Davidson County, NC property crime rate is 9.83 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 938 burglary related arrests in 2016 that decreased by 3.89% compared to 2015.

Davidson County, NC Crime Rate

Total arrests in Davidson County in 2016 decreased by 1.65% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes increased from 80 to 105 while non-violent crime decreased by 3.22% from 1,675 to 1,621.

5 Crimes In Davidson County, NC in 2016 with the Most Arrests

Crime Arrests
Burglary 938
Larceny-theft 562
Motor vehicle theft 121
Aggravated assault 74
Robbery 21

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Davidson County increased by 31.25% from 2015 and decreased by 15.32% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 124 to 105. In 2016 violent crime rate in Davidson County was 86.43% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.064%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Davidson County decreased by 3.22% from 2015 and decreased by 28.21% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 2,258 to 1,621. In 2016 property crime rate in Davidson County was 65.42% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 0.983%.

How Davidson stands up against other counties

Davidson vs. Alamance

You’ll be in more risk in Davidson compared to Alamance county that had 49.32% lower crime rate compared to Davidson county according to the FBI.
Rape rates of 0.0000 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.0199 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.0000 in Alamance county.
Burglary rates of 5.6874 per 1,000 people is higher than national of 5.0167 per 1,000 people and higher than average 2.0540 in Alamance county.

Davidson vs. Iredell

You’ll be in more risk in Davidson compared to Iredell county that had 8.6% lower crime rate compared to Davidson county according to the FBI.
Assault rates of 0.4487 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8422 per 1,000 people and lower than average 1.0063 in Iredell county.
Arson rates of 0.0303 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.1465 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.0231 in Iredell county.

Names with the most arrests in Davidson

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Davidson, North Carolina, the most crimes, that's 31.91% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 31-40.

DID you know?

  • The overall crime rate in Davidson County is 0.68% lower than the national average.
  • For every 1,000 residents, there are 2.87 daily crimes that occur in Davidson County.
  • Davidson, NC is more violent than Alamance.
  • In Davidson County you have a 1 in 96 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
  • Year over year crimes in Davidson, NC have decreased by 1.65%.

Davidson Police Departments

Cities in Davidson County

Names in Davidson County