2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Carthage, NC vs Ridgecrest, CA

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- Ridgecrest has 36% more violent crime than Carthage.
- Ridgecrest has 43% less property crime than Carthage.
 Carthage, NCRidgecrest, CAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock29.922.7
 Property Crime51.4  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Carthage    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Some call it "sweet carthage" really...no industry other than the "Chuck Wagon" restaurant. The city has had high hopes for years of becoming a tourist destination with  More

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Over 14 years ago

Carthage, the county seat of Moore County, was once the center of manufacture of horse drawn carriages...before the automobile was discovered. It has been somewhat slow  More

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I have lived all over the world and never thought I would settle down. Somehow I ended up in North Carolina, close to Carthage. When I found out I was going to be a  More

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Reviews for Ridgecrest    7 Reviews

For context, I grew up in Ridgecrest and moved away after graduating high school. I have since lived in LA and the Bay Area but I visit RC often. RC is in the high  More

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Ridgecrest and Kern County are red state bastions in a land of blue voting counties. If you want a concealed weapons permit, you'll get it. Want to own any firearm  More

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Over 13 years ago

The hardest thing to get used to in Ridgecrest is the weather. It can get quite windy. And hot. 115 hot. But it's a dry heat! It does cool off in the evening, and it  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Carthage, North CarolinaCrime Index
 Jackson Springs, NC 
 Whispering Pines, NC10.85
 Pinehurst, NC11.85
 Pinebluff, NC13.95
 Robbins, NC25.1
 Foxfire, NC29.2
 Seven Lakes, NC29.6
 Vass, NC31
 Carthage, NC35.25
 Southern Pines, NC37.6

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