What is the crime rate in Ocean Isle Beach, NC?

In 2024, the Ocean Isle Beach Police Department reported 1 violent crimes and 31 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 98 violent and 3,042 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,019 residents it serves.

Across North Carolina the rates were 383 and 2,008.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 98
Property per 100,000: 3,042
Violent crimes: 1
Property crimes: 31

Crime reported by the Ocean Isle Beach Police Department, 2023 to 2024

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	0	0	18	1,793	1,004
2024	1	98	31	3,042	1,019

Violent crimes reported went from 0 in 2023 to 1 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 18 in 2023 to 31 in 2024.

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

Ocean Isle Beach against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Ocean Isle Beach	98	3,042
North Carolina	383	2,008
United States	363	1,767

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 Ocean Isle Beach, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Ocean Isle Beach	—	98	3,042
Sunset Beach	2.6 mi	43	1,343
Shallotte	7.8 mi	238	3,814
North Myrtle Beach	15 mi	310	3,860
Oak Island	20 mi	91	1,088
Boiling Spring Lakes	25 mi	187	1,020
Southport	26 mi	203	1,219
Loris	27 mi	513	1,745
Myrtle Beach	27 mi	1,109	5,392

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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