Gastonia, NC Arrest Record Search

The city of Gastonia, with a total population of 76,191, experienced 12,246 arrests over the past three years. During 2017, the arrest rate totaled 487.46 per 10,000 residents. This represents a 53.99% difference making Gastonia higher than the national average of 316.54 per 10,000 residents. Of those, 0 were for violent crimes such as murder, rape, and robbery. The city of Gastonia also handled 3,714 arrests for property crimes during 2017. Compared to Bessemer City and Cramerton, Gastonia is a more dangerous place to live.

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Arrest Records by Age & Race

Most of the city arrests fall into 21-30 age group - 39.4%, the least crimes have committed people between 10-20 - 0.3%. When looking at arrest numbers - a great number of arrestees belonged to White race, whilst the least arrests had Hispanic race.

Violent vs. Non-Violent Crimes

The city of Gastonia experienced a higher rate of non-violent crime. During 2017, Gastonia totaled 0 violent crimes and 3,714 non-violent crimes.

Gastonia Violent Crime Types from 2007-2017

During 2007-2017, Gastonia experienced 4,388 violent crimes. Of those, 39 were for murder/non-negligent manslaughter, 74 were for revised rape, another 140 were for legacy rape, 1,576 were for robbery, and 3,126 were for aggravated assault.

Gastonia City Police Department

It is situated in Gaston county, North Carolina with a total number of 164 employees - 14 female, 127 male officers and 23 civilians. Gastonia PD ORI (Originated Agency Identifier) number is NC0360600, it belongs to the South Atlantic division in the South region with a region code of Region III.