According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime statistics, Wilson is safer than 61% of the cities and towns in the US of all population sizes. In New York, only on the order of 45% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Wilson. If you live in Wilson, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in the community is 1 in 137. The US average across communities from the largest to the smallest is 1 in 43.

How does the crime rate in Wilson compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Wilson with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Wilson's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Wilson 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 Wilson.

For Wilson, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Wilson than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1229, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Wilson; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 7 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.