2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Murrells Inlet, SC vs Ocean City, MD

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- Ocean City has 44% more violent crime than Murrells Inlet.
- Ocean City has 31% more property crime than Murrells Inlet.
 Murrells Inlet, SCOcean City, MDUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock63.622.7
 Property Crime67.2  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Murrells Inlet    4 Reviews

Murrells Inlet is one of the fastest growing areas on the east coast. Regardless of your origin, race, orientation or skillset you are warmly welcome! Despite what  More

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Murrells Inlet, Pawleys Island, Litchfield Beach..very pretty, but dont move there unless you like 13.5% unemployment, racial and gender prejudice, and dont..repeat dont  More

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Over 15 years ago

The culture in the entire Grand Strand area is severly lacking. The so called "museums" here are a joke.   More

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Reviews for Ocean City    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

The town itself if quaint but typically coastal. In high season you will crawl from traffic light to traffic light. Maybe place to be single but don't grow old alone.  More

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Over 12 years ago

Not that bad at all. My family stays here every summer, and we have no problems. The crime rating is only a 10 because the boardwalk gets a lot of petty theft and drunk  More

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Over 12 years ago

Crime here really isnt a 10. The boardwalk gets a lot of drunk people and petty theft during the summer, and that skews the results. Ive stayed here in OC every summer  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Murrells Inlet, South CarolinaCrime Index
 Litchfield Beach, SC 
 Dunbar, SC 
 DeBordieu Colony, SC 
 Pawleys Island, SC51.2
 Murrells Inlet, SC51.3
 Andrews, SC57.5
 Georgetown, SC63.9

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