Photo: Pollinator · CC BY-SA 3.0Murrells Inlet has no Safety Grade
Murrells Inlet has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Georgetown County. The Georgetown 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 Murrells Inlet alone, and no Safety Grade. The closest graded town is Surfside Beach, 6 miles away, at C. Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 3.
What stands out about safety in Murrells Inlet
Policed by the county
Murrells Inlet is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Murrells Inlet. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest South Carolina towns with their own police figures are Surfside Beach (C, 6 mi), Myrtle Beach (D−, 14 mi), Conway (C−, 19 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Murrells Inlet. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Georgetown County without police of their own, which include Murrells Inlet.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Georgetown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surfside Beach | C | 6 mi | 2.1 | 17.8 |
| Myrtle Beach | D− | 14 mi | 10.7 | 56.3 |
| Conway | C− | 19 mi | 3.8 | 18.5 |
| North Myrtle Beach | D | 27 mi | 3.7 | 36.9 |
| Andrews | D− | 30 mi | 8.6 | 40.3 |
| Loris | D | 36 mi | 4.5 | 24.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Murrells Inlet. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Murrells Inlet.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Eight people died in crashes on Murrells Inlet’s roads in 2019–2023
Murrells Inlet had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is more than is typical for South Carolina towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (8.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Murrells Inlet’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Murrells Inlet’s own rate (15.9) 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.
Murrells Inlet and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden City | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Garden City is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
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 Murrells Inlet
Is Murrells Inlet, SC safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Murrells Inlet. The nearest South Carolina towns with a grade are Surfside Beach (C, 6 mi), Myrtle Beach (D−, 14 mi), Conway (C−, 19 mi).
Who polices Murrells Inlet?
The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office. Murrells Inlet is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Georgetown County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Murrells Inlet.
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.