CrimeMetric

Crime in Lake Norman of Catawba, North Carolina

Major crime in Lake Norman of Catawba is 75% below the U.S. rate per resident: 81% lower for persons crimes and 74% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 19.2% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
25
75% below the U.S. rate
78% below the North Carolina rate
down 19.2% in a year
Persons crimes
19
81% below the U.S. rate
81% below the North Carolina rate
down 8.8% in a year
Property crimes
26
74% below the U.S. rate
77% below the North Carolina rate
down 20.6% in a year
Social disorder
41
60% below the U.S. rate
67% below the North Carolina rate
down 19.4% 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

Every crime type in Lake Norman of Catawba is near or below the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Lake Norman of Catawba for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Lake Norman of Catawba

The middle half of Lake Norman of Catawba residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 19 and 25; the typical (median) resident's is 24.

Map of Lake Norman of Catawba, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–50100.0%
  • 50–1000.0%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 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 6pm28
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am23
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm25
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am19
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 19.2% in a year; across North Carolina it fell 9.0%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-19.2%NC -9.0%-11.5%NC -9.2%
Persons crimes-8.8%NC -4.5%+3.5%NC +2.7%
Property crimes-20.6%NC -9.9%-13.9%NC -11.5%
Social disorder-19.4%NC -6.8%-6.0%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

Lake Norman of Catawba against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

2,072 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Lake Norman of Catawba; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Tolleson, AZ10,030261
Camden, SC10,008153
Delta, CO10,008137
Yorkshire, VA10,006112
Harvard, IL10,02337
Lake Norman of Catawba, NC10,02125

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

Nearby places

Lake Norman of Catawba has a higher major-crime index than 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Mooresville (9 mi), is 4.0 times Lake Norman of Catawba's rate.

Newton14 mi164
Statesville15 mi152
Lincolnton15 mi108
Maiden12 mi63
Cornelius10 mi54
Lake Norman of Catawba25
Davidson12 mi20

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

Questions about crime in Lake Norman of Catawba

What are the most common crimes in Lake Norman of Catawba?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 18 a year), burglary (about 7 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 6 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 37% below 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. Lake Norman of Catawba's figures add up its 5 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Lake Norman of Catawba 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: 10,021. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Lake Norman of Catawba, North Carolina." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/nc/lake-norman-of-catawba

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100