What is the crime rate in Sunset Beach, NC?

In 2025, the Sunset Beach Police Department reported 2 violent crimes and 62 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 43 violent and 1,343 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,615 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: 43
Property per 100,000: 1,343
Violent crimes: 2
Property crimes: 62

Crime reported by the Sunset Beach Police Department, 2024 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
2024	5	107	45	966	4,660
2025	2	43	62	1,343	4,615

Violent crimes reported went from 5 in 2024 to 2 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 45 in 2024 to 62 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.

Sunset Beach against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Sunset Beach	43	1,343
Brunswick County	199	1,120
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 Sunset Beach, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Sunset Beach	—	43	1,343
Ocean Isle Beach	2.6 mi	98	3,042
Shallotte	9.4 mi	238	3,814
North Myrtle Beach	12 mi	310	3,860
Oak Island	22 mi	91	1,088
Loris	25 mi	513	1,745
Myrtle Beach	25 mi	1,109	5,392
Boiling Spring Lakes	27 mi	187	1,020
Tabor City	28 mi	418	1,674

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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