CrimeMetric

Crime in Erwin, North Carolina

Major crime in Erwin is 38% above the U.S. rate per resident: about the same for persons crimes and 46% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.9% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
138
38% above the U.S. rate
23% above the North Carolina rate
down 7.9% in a year
Persons crimes
102
about the U.S. rate
about the North Carolina rate
down 4.0% in a year
Property crimes
146
46% above the U.S. rate
27% above the North Carolina rate
down 8.5% in a year
Social disorder
132
32% above the U.S. rate
8% above the North Carolina rate
down 6.9% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Other larceny stands out most, at 2.4 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Erwin for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Erwin

Erwin is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 140; the middle half of residents live where it is between 140 and 145.

Map of Erwin, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–1000.0%
  • 100–200100.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm182
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am93
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm157
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am92
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.9% in a year; across North Carolina it fell 9.0%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.9%NC -9.0%-7.3%NC -9.2%
Persons crimes-4.0%NC -4.5%+8.7%NC +2.7%
Property crimes-8.5%NC -9.9%-9.7%NC -11.5%
Social disorder-6.9%NC -6.8%-2.2%NC -3.7%

Change in expected crimes, with North Carolina as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Erwin against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

305 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Erwin; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Mojave, CA5,506181
Erwin, NC5,503138
Pantops, VA5,503133
Benton, KY5,50670

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Erwin has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Dunn (3 mi), is 1.9 times Erwin's rate.

Dunn3 mi262
Smithfield22 mi231
Spring Lake20 mi175
Benson7 mi152
Erwin138
Eastover18 mi128

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Erwin

What are the most common crimes in Erwin?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 65 a year), burglary (about 19 a year) and aggravated assault (about 15 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny stands out most: 2.4 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Erwin's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Erwin has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 5,503. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Erwin, North Carolina." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/nc/erwin

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100