What is the crime rate in Emerald Isle, NC?

In 2025, the Emerald Isle Police Department reported 11 violent crimes and 64 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 272 violent and 1,584 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,041 residents it serves.

Across North Carolina the rates were 334 and 1,815.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 272
Property per 100,000: 1,584
Violent crimes: 11
Property crimes: 64

Crime reported by the Emerald Isle Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	7	176	91	2,283	3,986
2024	6	150	83	2,071	4,007
2025	11	272	64	1,584	4,041

Violent crimes reported went from 7 in 2023 to 11 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 91 in 2023 to 64 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Emerald Isle against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Emerald Isle	272	1,584
Carteret County	178	1,112
North Carolina	334	1,815
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Emerald Isle, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Emerald Isle	—	272	1,584
Swansboro	6.2 mi	94	1,662
Newport	11 mi	264	1,563
Pine Knoll Shores	12 mi	69	622
Atlantic Beach	17 mi	489	3,003
Morehead City	17 mi	268	2,008
Havelock	18 mi	191	903
Jacksonville	21 mi	228	1,725
Beaufort	22 mi	180	1,558

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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