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Morehead City Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

Morehead City crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Morehead City for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Morehead City in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 15.05% and the city property crime rate in Morehead City was higher than the national property crime rate average by 30.83%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Morehead City was lower than the violent crime rate in North Carolina by 15.74% and the city property crime rate in Morehead City was higher than the property crime rate in North Carolina by 12.82%.

Property and Violent Crime
Morehead City Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Morehead City Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Morehead City Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault18
Arson0
Burglary16
Larceny and Theft180
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape8
Robbery2
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)275
Property Crime202
Violent Crime28
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault24
Arson0
Burglary19
Larceny and Theft173
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape9
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)276
Property Crime203
Violent Crime37

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Morehead City Property Crime

Morehead City Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Morehead City Crime 2025

Morehead City Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Morehead City Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Morehead City Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Morehead City, North Carolina crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Morehead City crime report data for 2026 was projected from 21 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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