Larceny-theft — defined as the unlawful taking of property — is the most common form of property crime in the United States. Pickpocketing, shoplifting, and bicycle theft are some common examples of larceny. While larceny includes theft of property of any value, the vast majority of larceny cases reported are of items worth $200 or more, according to the FBI.
Larceny has become far less common in the U.S. in recent years. In the last decade, the number of reported larceny cases fell by nearly 19%. In 2019, the most recent year of available data, the FBI tallied about 5.1 million cases of larceny nationwide — or 1,550 incidents for every 100,000 people.
In Kings Mountain, North Carolina, larceny is far more common than it is nationwide. In 2019, a total of 246 larceny-thefts were reported in the city — or 2,244 for every 100,000 people. Click here to see the full crime report for Kings Mountain.
The FBI tracked cases of larceny in 4,555 U.S. cities with populations of at least 5,000 in 2019, and all but eight of those cities reported at least one larceny-theft that year. Of the 4,547 cities to report one or more incidents of larceny, Kings Mountain ranks No. 984 by larceny-theft rate, which puts it in the top 25% highest larceny rate U.S. cities.
Just as larceny-theft is more common in Kings Mountain than it is nationwide, it is also more common in North Carolina than it is nationwide. There were a total of 174,728 cases of larceny reported in North Carolina in 2019, or 1,666 for every 100,000 people. Of all 50 states, North Carolina has the 22nd highest larceny rate.
The larceny-theft rate in Kings Mountain ranks as No. 51 of the 92 cities in North Carolina tracked by the FBI.
Across the United States, larceny-theft contributes more to the overall property crime rate than any other type of offense. Partially because Kings Mountain’s larceny-theft rate is higher than the national average, the city’s overall property crime rate is too. There were a total of 3,128 property crimes reported for every 100,000 people in Kings Mountain in 2019, compared to 2,110 per 100,000 people nationwide.
It is important to note that in smaller cities, like Kings Mountain, which is home to just 10,970 people, even a handful of incidents of larceny-theft can drive up the larceny rate substantially. As a result, the larceny rate in Kings Mountain is more subject to year-over-year volatility compared to larger cities.
Larceny-theft is just one type of crime tracked by the FBI. To provide a more comprehensive view of overall crime levels across the country, 24/7 Wall St. recently published extensive crime reports with data visualizations for over 4,000 cities and all 50 states. These reports contain all components of property and violent crime tracked by the FBI. Click here to see the complete crime report for Kings Mountain here.
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