| | Chapel Hill, NC | Hamilton township (Mercer County), NJ | United States |
| | 11.8 | 14.3 | 22.7 |
| | 33.4 | 29.6 | 35.4 |
The Crime Indices range from 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime). Our crime rates are based on FBI data.
Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.
| Cities with the Least Crime Near Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Crime Index |
| Governors Club, NC | |
| Carolina Meadows, NC | |
| Briar Chapel, NC | |
| Governors Village, NC | |
| Chapel Hill, NC | 22.6 |
| Carrboro, NC | 24.5 |
| Rougemont, NC | 28.2 |
| Pittsboro, NC | 29.2 |
| Fearrington Village, NC | 29.3 |
| Gulf, NC | 31.5 |