Butner, NC Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Butner, NC Summary

Crime in Butner research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Butner over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Butner:

  • There were 171 total crimes committed in Butner the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,984.2 total crimes per 100K people in Butner.
  • The overall crime rate in Butner is -14.63% below the national average.
  • Butner ranks #85 safest out of 256 cities in North Carolina.
  • Butner ranks #6,494 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Butner Vs North Carolina And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Butner is 1,984.2 per 100,000 people. That's -14.63% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -25.01% lower than the North Carolina total crime rate of 2,645.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Butner
/ 100k People
North Carolina
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 171 1,984.2 2,645.8 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 8.0 6.3
Robbery 6 69.6 69.2 66.1
Aggravated Assault 10 116.0 314.5 268.2
Violent Crime 18 208.9 419.3 369.8
Burglary 16 185.7 471.2 269.8
Larceny 126 1,462.1 1,561.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 11 127.6 193.6 282.7
Property Crime 153 1,775.4 2,226.5 1,954.4

Butner Crime Compared To North Carolina Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in North Carolina.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Butner

18
Violent Crimes
208.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-43.52%
Below The National Average
  • There were 18 violent crimes in Butner in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Butner is 208.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 478.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Butner each year. That compares to a 1 in 238.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -43.52% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -50.19% lower than the North Carolina violent crime rate of 419.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Butner

153
Property Crimes
1,775.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-9.16%
Below The National Average
  • There were 153 property crimes in Butner in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Butner is 1,775.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 56.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Butner each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -9.16% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -20.26% lower than the North Carolina property crime rate of 2,226.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Butner

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Raleigh, NC 470,829 13,345 2,834.4 2,334.6 499.8
Durham, NC 286,377 11,466 4,003.8 3,316.6 687.2
Cary, NC 178,600 2,117 1,185.3 1,105.8 79.5
Apex, NC 66,024 791 1,198.0 1,143.5 54.5
Chapel Hill, NC 60,984 1,326 2,174.3 1,989.0 185.3
Wake Forest, NC 51,385 595 1,157.9 1,043.1 114.8
Holly Springs, NC 45,406 486 1,070.3 1,004.3 66.1
Morrisville, NC 32,600 738 2,263.8 2,144.2 119.6
Garner, NC 32,577 1,280 3,929.2 3,471.8 457.4
Carrboro, NC 21,190 425 2,005.7 1,731.9 273.7

Butner SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
9.5
Safety
6
Amenities
6
Education
5
Commute
8
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