NORTH CAROLINA - SafeWise has released a report, listing the 20 safest cities in North Carolina.
The cities were ranked based on statistics from the most recent FBI Crime Report.
Craven County city Trent Woods, which was listed as the safest city in North Carolina, moved up five spots from last year.
The mission for Trent Wood’s Police Department is “Community First”, organizing and preparing ways to get residents to work with police officials to keep the city crime-free.
Less than 30 crimes were reported in Trent Woods last year.
Out of the 20 cities listed, 80 percent did not report a single murder. Half of the cities listed, reported zero incidents of arson.
2015 Safest Cities in North Carolina:
- Trent Woods previous rank: 6
- Pinehurst previous rank: 2
- Holly Springs previous rank: 5
- Elon previous rank: 3
- Waxhaw previous rank: 11
- Davidson previous rank: 1
- Apex previous rank: 7
- Cary previous rank: 8
- Stalling previous rank: 12
- Cornelius previous rank: 16
- Fletcher previous rank: 21
- Black Mountain previous rank: 9
- Gibsonville previous rank: 13
- Woodfin previous rank: 20
- Mount Holly previous rank: 22
- Winterville previous rank: 4
- Valdese previous rank: 10
- Havelock previous rank: 29
- China Grove previous rank: Not ranked
- Boone previous rank: 15