2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Highlands, NC vs Lake Arrowhead, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Arrowhead has 40% more violent crime than Highlands.
- Lake Arrowhead has 55% less property crime than Highlands.
 Highlands, NCLake Arrowhead, CAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock20.422.7
 Property Crime87.3  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Highlands    4 Reviews

Love BestPlaces, but most of their statistics are incorrect for the actual town of Highlands which is extremely expensive. I assume they are using information from Macon  More

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Over 4 years ago

This used to be a quaint, quiet, sweet little town, but it has ballooned into a rich man's Mecca. Fist of all, it's a tiny town... so parking is at a premium and it gets  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have run two businesses in Highlands. It is a very seasonal business trend. The rents are high and so is the cost of doing business, including labor cost, cost of  More

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Reviews for Lake Arrowhead    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Even though there are a huge number of homes on the market, there are still new homes being built and more and more vacant homes. The new homes don't necessarily have  More

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Over 11 years ago

Since the housing prices have declined so much in the area (we bought our home in 2006, now in 2014 we have lost $100,000 in value) I have noticed the crime rate is  More

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Over 17 years ago

The Lake Arrowhead Architectual Committee known as AWAC will make all decisions as to the color of your home. Brown and green appear to be the favorite of AWAC.  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Highlands, North CarolinaCrime Index
 Forest Hills, NC34.8
 Cullowhee, NC35.7
 Webster, NC39.85
 Cashiers, NC40.7
 Dillsboro, NC43.35
 Glenville, NC45.1
 Cherokee, NC45.7
 Sylva, NC65.35

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