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Shelby Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

Shelby crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 17 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Shelby for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2016.

The city violent crime rate for Shelby in 2016 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 53.59% and the city property crime rate in Shelby was higher than the national property crime rate average by 47.29%.

In 2016 the city violent crime rate in Shelby was higher than the violent crime rate in North Carolina by 63.85% and the city property crime rate in Shelby was higher than the property crime rate in North Carolina by 31.86%.

Property and Violent Crime
Shelby Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Shelby Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Shelby Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2016 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault82
Arson6
Burglary203
Larceny and Theft475
Motor Vehicle Theft50
Murder and Manslaughter5
Rape6
Robbery30
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)970
Property Crime728
Violent Crime123
2025 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault108
Arson2
Burglary37
Larceny and Theft35
Motor Vehicle Theft0
Murder and Manslaughter3
Rape0
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)306
Property Crime64
Violent Crime105

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Shelby Property Crime

Shelby Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Shelby Crime 2016

Shelby Crime 2025

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Shelby Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Shelby Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Shelby, North Carolina crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Shelby crime report data for 2025 was projected from 17 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2016.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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