Mill Spring has an overall crime rate of 12 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Mill Spring is 1 in 83. How does Mill Spring fare compared to other communities in North Carolina of all population sizes? Mill Spring's crime rate is lower than approximately 55% of North Carolina communities.

However, when you compare Mill Spring to other communities of similar population, then Mill Spring crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Mill Spring does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Mill Spring does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Mill Spring.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Mill Spring's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Mill Spring is one in 991.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Mill Spring's rate for property crime is 11 per one thousand population. This makes Mill Spring a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Mill Spring is one in 90.