Pope Air Force Base is a town of 484 in Cumberland County, about 11 miles northwest of downtown Fayetteville · Updated November 2026
Is Pope Air Force Base, NC safe?
Yes, crime in Pope Air Force Base is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Pope Air Force Base sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 48% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A and property crime B+.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 829 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Pope Air Force Base as a whole, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pope Air Force Base scores 829.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Pope Air Force Base, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pope Air Force Base, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
Crime rates and types in Pope Air Force Base
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pope Air Force Base has about 59 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 58% more than the US as a whole and 45% more than North Carolina.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Pope Air Force Base, about 25% of everything reported.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Pope Air Force Base
The Spring Lake Police Department polices Pope Air Force Base; these figures cover Spring Lake as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Spring Lake as a whole, 54% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 46% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (54%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (52%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Pope Air Force Base compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Pope Air Force Base, 7 have less crime. Lobelia and Slocomb have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Pope Air Force Base. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Pope Air Force Base has more crime than 99% of them.
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Pope Air Force Base about $36,542 a year per household, more than triple the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $1.1 million a year, or $2,289 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$86,000
$179
Rape
$17,000
$35
Robbery
$2,500
$5
Assault
$69,000
$144
Burglary
$44,000
$91
Theft
$36,000
$75
Vehicle theft
$54,000
$112
Arson
$1,400
$3
Vandalism
$44,000
$92
Total
$360,000
$735
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Pope Air Force Base means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Pope Air Force Base, NC average a SchoolGrade of D-: 44% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Pope Air Force Base on SchoolGrade
