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Surf City Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

Surf City crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 20 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Surf City for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Surf City in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 33.16% and the city property crime rate in Surf City was higher than the national property crime rate average by 8.76%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Surf City was higher than the violent crime rate in North Carolina by 32.07% and the city property crime rate in Surf City was lower than the property crime rate in North Carolina by 6.22%.

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

Surf City Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault21
Arson0
Burglary6
Larceny and Theft77
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape2
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)103
Property Crime88
Violent Crime23
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault14
Arson0
Burglary7
Larceny and Theft54
Motor Vehicle Theft3
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape3
Robbery1
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)79
Property Crime64
Violent Crime19

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Surf City Property Crime

Surf City Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Surf City Crime 2025

Surf City Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Surf City Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Surf City Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Surf 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 Surf City crime report data for 2026 was projected from 20 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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