What is the crime rate in Wrightsville Beach, NC?

In 2025, the Wrightsville Beach Police Department reported 7 violent crimes and 74 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 292 violent and 3,087 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,397 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: 292
Property per 100,000: 3,087
Violent crimes: 7
Property crimes: 74

Crime reported by the Wrightsville Beach 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	11	452	67	2,755	2,432
2024	5	208	87	3,617	2,405
2025	7	292	74	3,087	2,397

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

Property crimes reported went from 67 in 2023 to 74 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.

Wrightsville Beach against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Wrightsville Beach	292	3,087
New Hanover County	306	2,060
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 Wrightsville Beach, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Wrightsville Beach	—	292	3,087
Wilmington	5.0 mi	405	2,915
Carolina Beach	13 mi	331	1,325
Leland	14 mi	126	711
Navassa	15 mi	163	760
Boiling Spring Lakes	20 mi	187	1,020
Northwest	21 mi	386	1,639
Surf City	22 mi	436	1,669

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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