Ryley OberAsheville Citizen Times
ASHEVILLE — Large parts of Buncombe County have seen a 15% drop in crime from 2021-2022, continuing a three-year downward trend, according to the State Bureau of Investigation's recently released data.
Every year, the N.C. SBI releases crime data for the state, individual county sheriff's offices and municipal police stations, including a "crime index," which shows the total number of offenses from that year for eight different crimes — murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft and arson.
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