Editing Wilmington, North Carolina (section)

===Crime===
{{Infobox UCR
|city_name= Wilmington
|year= 2022
|homicide= 10.0
|rape= 66.5
|robbery= 93.9
|aggravated_assault= 364.0
|violent_crime= 534.4
|burglary= 393.1
|larceny_theft= 2,243.1
|motor_vehicle_theft= 227.7
|arson= 13.3
|property_crime= 2,877.2
|source_url= https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend
|source_name= 2022 FBI UCR Data
|notes= 2022 population: 120,324
}}

Wilmington has an increasing problem with gang violence,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwaytv3.com/news-tags/gangs|title=Gangs Archives – WWAY TV3|work=WWAY TV3}}</ref> and on October 15, 2013, the WPD and NHC sheriff's department created a joint task force to combat gang violence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wral.com/new-team-to-battle-gang-violence-in-wilmington/12996724/ |title=New team to battle gang violence in Wilmington :: WRAL.com |access-date=October 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017055830/http://www.wral.com/new-team-to-battle-gang-violence-in-wilmington/12996724/ |archive-date=October 17, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Just a day later the city council approved $142,000 in funding for a gang investigative unit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwaytv3.com/2013/10/15/city-council-approves-funding-for-wpd-gang-investigative-unit|first=WWAY|last=TV3|title=City Council approves funding for WPD gang investigative unit|access-date=April 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017082150/http://www.wwaytv3.com/2013/10/15/city-council-approves-funding-for-wpd-gang-investigative-unit|archive-date=October 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>