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North Carolina school safety

City and district rankings from federal incident data · 2021-22 collection

2,699SCHOOLS

2,632WITH TRUSTED DATA

50RANKED CITIES

Safest ranked cities in North Carolina

Percentile is against all ranked U.S. cities (higher = safer). Only cities with ≥5 trustworthy-data schools are ranked. Home value is Zillow's ZHVI.

#	CITY	SAFETY PCTL	SCHOOLS	HOME VALUE
1	Boone	94	7 of 7	$494,937
2	Pittsboro	83	7 of 7	$565,217
3	Henderson	83	17 of 17	$184,425
4	Siler City	83	7 of 8	$265,635
5	Elkin	80	5 of 5	$237,996
6	Concord	76	33 of 34	$387,218
7	Burnsville	75	7 of 7	$322,995
8	Creedmoor	74	6 of 6	$342,851
9	Brevard	73	6 of 6	$465,305
10	Pembroke	71	6 of 6	$150,595
11	Warrenton	71	5 of 5	$147,793
12	Granite Falls	69	5 of 6	$281,377
13	Wilson	67	22 of 22	$219,897
14	Hudson	64	5 of 5	$269,965
15	China Grove	64	6 of 6	$304,237
16	Lenoir	63	13 of 13	$219,652
17	East Bend	63	5 of 5	$273,979
18	Morrisville	62	5 of 5	$481,243
19	Washington	61	7 of 7	$248,685
20	Roanoke Rapids	61	7 of 7	$124,295
21	Weldon	60	5 of 5	$51,470
22	Salisbury	59	14 of 16	$285,761
23	Murphy	58	9 of 9	$283,252
24	Raeford	57	11 of 11	$287,165
25	Hillsborough	57	13 of 13	$479,767
26	Tarboro	57	8 of 8	$158,811
27	Harrisburg	56	5 of 5	$502,403
28	Elizabeth City	56	14 of 14	$270,998
29	Sylva	55	6 of 6	$333,796
30	Roxboro	55	11 of 11	$225,362
31	Morganton	53	18 of 18	$267,774
32	Denver	52	7 of 7	$558,659
33	Fuquay-Varina	52	8 of 8	—
34	Apex	51	18 of 19	$603,237
35	Oxford	51	6 of 7	$258,485
36	New Bern	50	14 of 14	$287,389
37	Cary	49	29 of 32	$631,158
38	Whiteville	48	9 of 9	$191,460
39	Bolivia	48	5 of 5	—
40	Elizabethtown	47	6 of 6	$158,615
41	Leland	47	5 of 5	$388,694
42	Matthews	47	12 of 14	$508,498
43	Lumberton	46	13 of 14	$154,458
44	Smithfield	46	8 of 10	$295,217
45	Wake Forest	46	13 of 13	$515,729
46	Wilmington	45	41 of 44	$422,872
47	Havelock	45	9 of 9	$238,746
48	Franklin	45	9 of 10	$305,747
49	Snow Hill	44	6 of 6	$181,413
50	Holly Springs	44	9 of 9	$583,189

Safest ranked districts

#	DISTRICT	SAFETY PCTL	SCHOOLS
1	Watauga County Schools	90	11 of 11
2	Madison County Schools	90	6 of 7
3	Gates County Schools	90	5 of 5
4	Columbus County Schools	90	14 of 14
5	Vance County Schools	76	16 of 16
6	Yancey County Schools	68	7 of 7
7	Avery County Schools	68	8 of 9
8	Transylvania County Schools	68	10 of 10
9	Chatham County Schools	67	19 of 20
10	Warren County Schools	66	7 of 7
11	Cabarrus County Schools	65	39 of 42
12	Yadkin County Schools	64	14 of 14
13	Ashe County Schools	64	6 of 6
14	Caldwell County Schools	58	24 of 25
15	Wilson County Schools	56	27 of 27
16	Granville County Schools	56	16 of 17
17	Roanoke Rapids City Schools	55	5 of 5
18	Halifax County Schools	55	11 of 11
19	Beaufort County Schools	55	14 of 14
20	Hoke County Schools	53	14 of 14
21	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	51	31 of 33
22	Orange County Schools	50	14 of 14
23	Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools	48	13 of 13
24	Bertie County Schools	48	7 of 7
25	Cherokee County Schools	47	13 of 13

Every North Carolina city with schools

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