Check Out The List Of North Carolina's Safest Cities

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How does your city rank? BackgroundChecks.org has compiled a list of North Carolina’s safest cities.

The online background check portal gave each North Carolina city (with a population above 10,000) a score on its Safety Index, which combines FBI crime statistics and law enforcement employment numbers to calculate the safety of a given city. Twenty-four cities in the state earned a 0.24 or above, indicating a high level of public safety well above the U.S. average.

Rank	City	Safety Index
1	Pinehurst	0.6
2	Archdale	0.58
3	Holly Springs	0.54
4	Mount Airy	0.54
5	Elon	0.51
6	Apex	0.5
7	Knightdale	0.47
8	Mount Holly	0.45
9	Davidson	0.44
10	Boone	0.42
11	Clayton	0.42
12	Stallings	0.41
13	Kings Mountain	0.39
14	Waxhaw	0.39
15	Wake Forest	0.39
16	Mooresville	0.38
17	Concord	0.36
18	Cary	0.36
19	Leland	0.35
20	Morrisville	0.31
21	Fuquay-Varina	0.31
22	Kannapolis	0.28
23	Huntersville	0.27
24	Chapel Hill	0.27
25	Lenoir	0.16
26	Southern Pines	0.16
27	Carrboro	0.15
28	Havelock	0.15
29	Matthews	0.11
30	Newton	0.08
31	Hendersonville	0.07
32	Mint Hill	0.07
33	Tarboro	0.05
34	New Bern	0.04
35	Kernersville	-0.03
36	Lincolnton	-0.04
37	Jacksonville	-0.11
38	Garner	-0.15
39	Belmont	-0.22
40	Mebane	-0.33
41	Smithfield	-0.33
42	Albemarle	-0.37
43	Rocky Mount	-0.39
44	Eden	-0.39
45	Hickory	-0.42
46	Thomasville	-0.44
47	Elizabeth City	-0.49
48	Wilmington	-0.49
49	Asheboro	-0.56
50	Asheville	-0.6
51	Greenville	-0.62
52	Charlotte-Mecklenburg	-0.68
53	High Point	-0.7
54	Fayetteville	-0.7
55	Greensboro	-0.73
56	Hope Mills	-0.87
57	Reidsville	-0.88
58	Durham	-0.9
59	Goldsboro	-0.93
60	Roanoke Rapids	-0.98
61	Burlington	-1
62	Gastonia	-1
63	Henderson	-1.42
64	Kinston	-1.73