The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Coats, NC: Crime Maps and Statistics

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	C+
Property Crime Grade	C
Other Crime Grade	C-

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$2.79 million

Cost of Crime™ for Coats, NC

In 2025, crime will cost $966 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Coats with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is Coats, NC Safe?

The C overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where Coats's combined rate is slightly higher than the norm. Coats sits in the 41st percentile, ahead of 41% of cities and behind 59%. The grade covers only Coats's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in Coats is 26.98 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 29 in the west neighborhoods to 1 in 51 in the northeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northwest parts of Coats, NC report the most crime, about 48 cases per year. The east part reports the fewest, around 3 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Coats, NC

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Coats for 2025 is $2,785,891, about $384 per resident and $966 per household. That equals 1.2% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 57.2%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 30.7%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.0%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Coats Compared to Other Cities?

Coats, NC:	$384
Enfield, NC:	$1641
St. James, NC:	$251
North Carolina:	$538
USA:	$464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Coats is $384 per year, which is $80 less than the national average and $154 less than North Carolina's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Coats:

In Enfield, NC, crime costs $1,641 per person, which is $1,257 more than in Coats.
In St. James, NC, crime costs $251 per person, which is $133 less than in Coats

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Coats for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Coats	Cost per Coats Resident
Murder	$782,694	$108
Rape/Sexual Assault	$212,830	$29
Robbery	$73,542	$10
Assault	$429,335	$59
Kidnapping	$71,370	$10
Vehicle Theft	$68,551	$9
Burglary	$245,477	$34
Theft	$367,998	$51
Arson	$28,220	$4
Vandalism	$271,199	$37
Animal Cruelty	$2,403	$0
Drug Crimes	$219,983	$30
Identity Theft	$12,288	$2
Total Cost of Crime	$2,785,891	$384

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Coats, NC

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Coats totals $6,346,760 ($875 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $9,132,651 ($1,259 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The northwest part of the city holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas, of which Coats has 1, do the same, and of Coats's 7,254 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Coats Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Coats residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	2.061
Robbery	0.3223
Rape	0.4839
Murder	0.0574
Total Violent Crime	2.924 (C+)

Property Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	9.795
Vehicle Theft	0.6103
Burglary	3.731
Arson	0.1611
Total Property Crime	14.30 (C)

Other Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Kidnapping	0.1623
Drug Crimes	4.100
Vandalism	5.233
Identity Theft	0.2189
Animal Cruelty	0.0448
Total "Other" Rate	9.759 (C-)

Individual Coats Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in Coats is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Coats.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Buies Creek, NC	C	B	C
Hardee Cross Roads, NC	B-	C	B
Erwin, NC	D+	D	C
Angier, NC	B-	B	B-
Benson, NC	D+	D	C-
Willow Spring, NC	B-	B	B-
Lillington, NC	C	C+	C
Coats Crossroads, NC	A-	B+	A
Kipling, NC	B-	C+	B+
Four Oaks, NC	C-	D+	C+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Coats is lower versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Wallace, NC	D-	D-	D-
Doylestown, OH	A+	B+	B+
Truth Or Consequences, NM	D-	F	F
Dillon, MT	D+	D	D
Dillon, CO	D-	F	F
Diboll, TX	D	C-	C-
Devine, TX	D	C+	C+
Deville, LA	C+	D+	D+
Valley View, TX	C+	C+	C+
Vanceboro, NC	D-	C-	C-

Considering only the crime rate, Coats is safer than the North Carolina state average and safer than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Coats, NC average SchoolGrade of B, with 45% actual proficiency versus 39% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See Coats schools on SchoolGrade

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