Safety in Carolina Forest: figures, but no grade
Carolina Forest has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Horry County. The Horry County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Carolina Forest alone, and no Safety Grade. Inside a 10-mile circle sit 2 graded neighbors. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Myrtle Beach, 4 miles away, graded D−.
What stands out about safety in Carolina Forest
Policed by the county
Carolina Forest is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Horry County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Horry County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Carolina Forest. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest South Carolina towns with their own police figures are Myrtle Beach (D−, 4 mi), Conway (C−, 9 mi), Surfside Beach (C, 11 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Carolina Forest. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Horry County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Horry County without police of their own, which include Carolina Forest.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Horry County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Horry County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest South Carolina towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Beach | D− | 4 mi | 10.7 | 56.3 |
| Conway | C− | 9 mi | 3.8 | 18.5 |
| Surfside Beach | C | 11 mi | 2.1 | 17.8 |
| North Myrtle Beach | D | 12 mi | 3.7 | 36.9 |
| Loris | D | 20 mi | 4.5 | 24.8 |
| Mullins | D− | 36 mi | 14.8 | 50.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Carolina Forest. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Carolina Forest.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Eight people died in crashes on Carolina Forest’s roads in 2019–2023
Carolina Forest had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for South Carolina towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (8.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Carolina Forest’s size would see about 12 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Carolina Forest’s own rate (6.1) 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.
Carolina Forest and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conway | C− | 3.8 | 18.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Carolina Forest
Is Carolina Forest, SC safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Carolina Forest. The nearest South Carolina towns with a grade are Myrtle Beach (D−, 4 mi), Conway (C−, 9 mi), Surfside Beach (C, 11 mi).
Who polices Carolina Forest?
The Horry County Sheriff’s Office. Carolina Forest is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Horry County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Carolina Forest.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.