Data are provided in the areas of violent crime, property crime, prison population rate, felony filings, drug arrest, juvenile delinquency, domestic violence, child maltreatment, and fraud and identity theft. Highlights of the data include: (1) violent crime in North Carolina decreased nearly 24 percent in 2006; (2) for the first time in 7 years, the State’s violent crime rate was higher than the national rate in 2006, ranking 19th in highest reported violent index crime rate per 100,000 in habitants in the Nation; (3) the prison population rate increased nearly 52 percent from 279 per 100,000 inhabitants in 1991 to 423 inmates in 2006; (4) since 1990, the overall drug arrest rate per 100,000 inhabitants increased by roughly 18 percent; (5) domestic violence protective orders entered in district court have increased over the last several years, from 313 entered per 100,000 inhabitants in 1998-1999 to 373 in 2005-2006; and (6) in 2002, there were 8,402 total fraud and identity theft complaints compared to 16,048 complaints reported in 2006. This report presents statistical information from the North Carolina Governor’s Crime Commission on crime rate trends throughout the State of North Carolina.