It is located in Gaston County, NC. It has a population of 5,586 inhabitants. The crime rate is - 164.70 per 10.000 people. There have been 92 arrests in 2017. The city has seen a downtick in arrest records since last year by 0.001%. The majority of crimes committed in Bessemer City are larceny/theft crimes - 60 incarcerations, whereas the least popular crime is the murder and non negligent manslaughter - only 0 arrests.
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Most of the city arrests fall into 21-30 age group - 76.9%, the least crimes have committed people between 61-70 - 2.6%. When looking at arrest numbers - a great number of arrestees belonged to White race, whilst the least arrests had Hispanic race.
The city has seen more non-violent crimes than violent. There have been 0 felony charges and 92 non-violent crimes.
For the time period of 2014-2017, the city of Bessemer City averaged 36 violent crimes. Of that total, 1 was for murder/non-negligent manslaughter, 3 was for revised rape, 14 was for robbery, and 31 was for aggravated assault.