“Seeking Safety,” a year-long series covering issues of crime and public safety in the city, also examined effective solutions — Fayetteville, North Carolina, has one of the highest crime rates in America for a city over 100,000 people, with sky-high rates of larceny (8th highest in the U.S.), burglary (6th), and property crimes (5th). For decades the city known to many outsiders as “Fayettenam” has battled its reputation as a…
