Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2023
Hope Mills, NC Crime Grade
How Hope Mills grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of North Carolina — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
North Carolina
7/10
vs. North Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2023, the violent crime rate in Hope Mills, NC was 420.5 per 100,000 residents (75 incidents over a population of 17,838). That puts Hope Mills 9% above the U.S. rate of 385.9 and 9% above the North Carolina statewide rate of 385.9.
That ranks Hope Mills #3,099 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 18% of them, and #54 of 86 in North Carolina. Violent crime is down 5% year over year and down 39% over the last five years.
Hope Mills, NC crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- North Carolina Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 420.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,099 of 3,771
- NC rank
- #54 of 86
- Safer than
- 18% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 5%
- 5-year change
- down 39%
- Population
- 17,838
- Reporting agency
- Hope Mills Police Department
- Data year
- 2023 · FBI UCR
Reported by Hope Mills Police Department (FBI ORI NC0260200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Hope Mills (red), North Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Hope Mills vs. U.S., 2023 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 692.8(110) | 408.2(65) | 672.4(107) | 442.8(79) | 420.5(75) |
| Murder | 6.3(1) | 6.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 22.4(4) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 31.5(5) | 18.8(3) | 44.0(7) | 33.6(6) | 11.2(2) |
| Robbery | 138.6(22) | 87.9(14) | 125.7(20) | 67.3(12) | 100.9(18) |
| Aggravated assault | 516.4(82) | 295.2(47) | 502.7(80) | 319.5(57) | 308.3(55) |
| Property crime | 4899.9(778) | 4496.4(716) | 4071.9(648) | 3760.6(671) | 3599.1(642) |
| Burglary | 598.3(95) | 577.7(92) | 584.4(93) | 543.6(97) | 543.8(97) |
| Larceny | 4137.8(657) | 3692.5(588) | 3223.6(513) | 2886.3(515) | 2679.7(478) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 151.2(24) | 201.0(32) | 226.2(36) | 302.6(54) | 370.0(66) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Hope Mills, NC Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Hope Mills Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Hope Mills calculated?
- Hope Mills's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the North Carolina state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to North Carolina cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Hope Mills Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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