Waxhaw's overall crime rate is 61% lower than the overall crime rate in North Carolina. Statewide, there were 286,231 crimes reported in 2019, or 2,729 for every 100,000 people.

WAXHAW, N.C. — Law enforcement officials seized hundreds of grams of narcotics, including fentanyl, meth, and crack, along with guns, and five arrests were made in a drug bust, the Union County ...