Photo: Morgan Riley; building by Cahoon & Kasten architects (2004) · CC BY 3.0Crime reported in Manteo, NC
Manteo has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.
For every 1,000 residents, about 26 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2022. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2022
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2022
Crimes reported to police in 2022 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
The years Manteo’s police reported
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of North Carolina. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
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| Year | Manteo | Rest of North Carolina | Manteo | Rest of North Carolina |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.5 | 28.9 | 1.2 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | not reported | 29.6 | not reported | 5.5 |
| 2024 | not reported | 28.8 | not reported | 5.3 |
| 2025 | not reported | 25.2 | not reported | 4.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
44 crimes reported in 2022
2 violent and 42 property, as reported to the FBI by Manteo’s police.
2022 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
The nearest North Carolina towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nags Head | D | 4 mi | 3.1 | 33.4 |
| Kitty Hawk | C+ | 12 mi | 2.1 | 16.8 |
| Southern Shores | B+ | 16 mi | 0.1 | 11.0 |
| Elizabeth City | C− | 43 mi | 3.9 | 24.1 |
| Edenton | C | 54 mi | 4.1 | 15.2 |
| Plymouth | D− | 61 mi | 13.3 | 30.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Manteo. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Manteo.
No one died in a crash on Manteo’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for North Carolina towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Manteo’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Manteo’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Manteo and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Manteo. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Manteo’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,647 in 2022); our figure for Manteo is 1,585 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Manteo
Is Manteo, NC safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Manteo. Manteo has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest North Carolina towns with a grade are Nags Head (D, 4 mi), Kitty Hawk (C+, 12 mi), Southern Shores (B+, 16 mi).
Who polices Manteo?
Manteo’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Manteo”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Manteo.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2022, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.