Crime
In general, the occurrence of crime in Charlotte has been decreasing in recent years, as has crime nationally. According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, violent crimes have dropped from a rate of 1630 occurrences per 100,000 population in 1997 to 1099 occurrences per 100,000 population in 2004.[citation needed] The violent crime rate has decreased steadily from 1997 to 2004, though the 2004 rate was slightly higher than the 2003 rate (1099 compared to 1077).[citation needed] From 1997 to 2002 property crime dropped from 7,779 occurrences per 100,000 population to 6,340 occurrences per 100,000 population.[citation needed] However, since then the rate has risen to 7090 occurrences per 100,000 population as of 2004, a trend not seen in the national statistics.[citation needed]
In 2005, Charlotte had 85 homicides.[citation needed] The highest peak in murders came in at 129 slayings in 1993, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, while the lowest amount of murders in years is at 60 in 2004.[citation needed]
Direct comparisons to national crime rates are difficult as many different urbanization levels are present across the country. Compared to other cities with populations from 500,000 to 999,999 for 2005, Charlotte's crime is higher than average.[citation needed] The average for cities in this category was 927 violent crimes per 100,000 population and 5968 property crimes per 100,000 population.[citation needed]
(Source: Wikipedia.org)
