Columbus is a county located in NC, and has a population of 45,788. This region is policed by COLUMBUS COUNTY.
Columbus County has an overall crime rate of 4,095 per 100,000 residents. This is moderately safer than the rest of the United States, but still about average. This means that your chances of becoming a victim of any type of crime in Columbus County is 1 in 24 if you reside there for a year.
The average overall crime rate for Columbus County for the previous 2 years was 4,319 per 100,000 residents. This means that the crime rate for Columbus County has been decreasing over time.
Below are its crime rates and policing statistics according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). For more specific crime statistics (NIBRS) for many US cities & counties, see Offense Statistics.
| (per 100,000) | Columbus | USA | |
| Crime Rate (Overall) | 4,095 | 4,506 | |
| Murder Rate | 11.1 | 6 | |
| Robbery Rate | 57 | 148 | |
| Rape Rate | 15 | 30 | |
| Assault Rate | 452 | 644 | |
| Burglary Rate | 1,767 | 726 | |
| Forced Entry Rate | 1,308 | 417 | |
| Larceny Rate | 1,540 | 2,185 | |
| Auto Theft Rate | 253 | 362 |
| Columbus | USA | |
| Overall Clearance | 15% | 28% |
| Homicide Clearance | 54% | 56% |
| Assault Clearance | 35% | 52% |
| Rape Clearance | 40% | 38% |
| Robbery Clearance | 32% | 23% |
| Burglary Clearance | 10% | 12% |
| Larceny Clearance | 14% | 18% |
| Auto Theft Clearance | 16% | 12% |
Of the 730,000 sex offenders in the United States, there are a total of 4 sex offender(s) in Columbus County.
On a per capita basis, there are approximately 9 sex offender(s) per 100,000 people in Columbus County. This is compared to the nation-wide average of 240 sex offenders per 100,000 people.
To search the official state sex offender registry for North Carolina see http://sexoffender.ncdoj.gov/
Data estimated from arrests & clearances from a sample from the Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice. Washington, D.C. 2011. If missing data exist, these figures will tend to underestimate the true figures. Insideprison.com is not responsible for the currency or accuracy of this data.
