Page 14 - The City of Greensboro Conditions and Trends

CITY OF GREENSBORO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONDITIONS & TRENDS

Public Safety

In order to look at how certain crime activity impacts the residential quality of life as well as the viability of businesses in
specific areas, 2016 crime activity was aggregated into the two categories shown below. It is important to note that these
categories are similar to, but not the same as, those used by the Greensboro Police Department (GPD) to track and report
crime activity in the City.

Improvements in public safety resulted in a steady decrease in the City’s overall crime rate from 2000 through 2016. But in
2017, in keeping with national trends, the City experienced increased shootings, homicides, and opioid overdoses. These
trends do not take away from the progress that has been made, but they are current conditions that need to be and are
being addressed by GDP in partnership with the residents of Greensboro.

Crimes against Persons are not concentrated in any one area of the City, but activity is greater in the census tracts south
and east of Downtown. Many of those tracts also show a concentration of Crimes against Property.

Crimes against Persons
Crimes against Property
Aggravated Assault
Assault Arson
Drug Offense Auto Theft
Family Crime Burglary
Homicide Larceny
Prostitution Sale/Possession of Stolen Property
Rape/Attempted Rape Trespassing
Robbery Vandalism
Sex Crime
Stalking Source: City of Greensboro 2016

Source: City of Greensboro 2016

Data Book

DRAFT -14- March 15, 2018