NC ranks in top 10 in the country for most solved murders

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Homicide is one of the worst forms of violent crime and can very easily tear apart communities and lives.

An unfortunate part of this is that sometimes murderers are never caught. But how does North Carolina fare in terms of unsolved murders?

North Carolina is ranked 8th in terms of solved or cleared homicide cases according to VivintSource.com.

In 2017, North Carolina had 550 homicides committed and of those, 426 of them were cleared, making for a 77.5 percent solve rate.

The highest unsolved homicide rate in the country goes to Ohio with an astounding 62.7 percent of cases going unsolved.

State	Homicides Committed	Homicides Cleared	Homicide Clearance Rate	Homicide Clearance Ranking
Wyoming	14	14	100.0%	1
Alaska	59	54	91.5%	2
North Dakota	10	9	90.0%	3
South Dakota	23	20	87.0%	4
Vermont	14	11	78.6%	5
Wisconsin	186	145	78.0%	6
New York	543	421	77.5%	7
North Carolina	550	426	77.5%	8
Nevada	274	211	77.0%	9
Minnesota	113	86	76.1%	10
Nebraska	42	31	73.8%	11
New Hampshire	14	10	71.4%	12
Colorado	218	155	71.1%	13
Montana	41	29	70.7%	14
Washington DC	116	82	70.7%	15
Maine	23	16	69.6%	16
Hawaii	39	27	69.2%	17
South Carolina	349	241	69.1%	18
Oklahoma	242	164	67.8%	19
Texas	1396	942	67.5%	20
Mississippi	146	96	65.8%	21
Kansas	127	83	65.4%	22
Washington	230	149	64.8%	23
Virginia	453	291	64.2%	24
Connectiuct	102	65	63.7%	25
Tennessee	525	333	63.4%	26
Oregon	101	64	63.4%	27
Arizona	412	261	63.3%	28
California	1822	1144	62.8%	29
Idaho	32	20	62.5%	30
Florida	1035	642	62.0%	31
New Mexico	141	87	61.7%	32
Iowa	99	61	61.6%	33
Utah	78	47	60.3%	34
Pennsylvania	732	436	59.6%	35
Kentucky	262	155	59.2%	36
Georgia	585	345	59.0%	37
Maryland	546	318	58.2%	38
Arkansas	247	142	57.5%	39
Louisiana	569	317	55.7%	40
Delaware	54	30	55.6%	41
Missouri	596	328	55.0%	42
Rhode Island	20	11	55.0%	43
Alabama	392	214	54.6%	44
New Jersey	323	160	49.5%	45
Michigan	567	273	48.1%	46
West Virginia	79	35	44.3%	47
Indiana	387	170	43.9%	48
Massachusetts	160	69	43.1%	49
Ohio	670	250	37.3%	50