Crime in Carolina Shores, North Carolina
Major crime in Carolina Shores is 48% below the U.S. rate per resident: 58% lower for persons crimes and 46% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 4.3% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Burglary stands out most, at 46% above the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Carolina Shores for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Neighborhoods in Carolina Shores
Carolina Shores is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 49; the middle half of residents live where it is between 43 and 70.
- 0–5069.5%
- 50–10030.5%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weekday daytimes
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime rose 4.3% in a year; across North Carolina it fell 9.0%
Change in expected crimes, with North Carolina as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Carolina Shores against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents
1,334 of the 2,143 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Carolina Shores; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Carolina Shores has a higher major-crime index than 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Sunset Beach (3 mi), is 1.6 times Carolina Shores's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Carolina Shores
What are the most common crimes in Carolina Shores?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 31 a year), burglary (about 16 a year) and aggravated assault (about 8 a year). Compared with the U.S., burglary stands out most: 46% above the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Carolina Shores's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Carolina Shores has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 6,786. Model updated Nov 1, 2026. Release 2026-2026-11-01
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Carolina Shores, North Carolina." Vorp Labs, model updated Nov 1, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/nc/carolina-shores
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
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