Healthcare & Safety in Leland
Leland's own in-town healthcare access is currently limited to primary/urgent care, with a new Novant Health hospital approved but not yet open -- a real, disclosed gap this record does not paper over. Crime data reads as roughly average to modestly favorable depending on the source.
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Learn moreA real, disclosed healthcare-access gap -- closing, but not yet closed
As of this research pass, Leland's own in-town healthcare access is limited to Novant Health New Hanover Primary Care and an attached Novant Health ExpressCare urgent-care clinic on S. Dickinson Drive. The nearest existing full-service hospital is Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center in Bolivia, NC, roughly a 30-40 minute drive south. Novant Health has received North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services approval to build a 20-bed hospital (the future Novant Health Leland Medical Center, near the Compass Pointe community) plus a separate freestanding emergency department in Carolina Shores -- a real, approved, in-progress project, not yet an operating facility as of this research pass (Novant Health newsroom, WilmingtonBiz, retrieved 2026-08-22). Wilmington's own hospitals (New Hanover Regional Medical Center and others) remain a real, roughly 15-20 minute drive away for full-service and emergency care in the meantime.
Crime data: roughly average to modestly favorable, depending on source
CrimeGrade.org places Leland in the 59th percentile for safety (a B- grade), with a violent crime rate of 2.559 per 1,000 residents -- slightly lower than the average US city. NeighborhoodScout describes Leland's overall crime rate as considerably higher than the national average across all communities, but notes that compared specifically to similarly-sized communities, Leland reads as safer than most -- a real, disclosed methodological distinction (population-size-adjusted vs. all-community comparison) rather than a contradiction (retrieved 2026-08-22). Both sources note an upward property-crime trend over time.
Key takeaways
- Leland's own in-town healthcare access is currently limited to Novant Health primary/urgent care; the nearest full-service hospital (Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center, Bolivia) is a 30-40 minute drive.
- A 20-bed Novant Health Leland Medical Center has been state-approved and is in progress but not yet open as of this research pass -- a real, disclosed gap closing over time, not yet closed.
- CrimeGrade.org grades Leland B- (59th percentile for safety); NeighborhoodScout reads Leland as safer than most similarly-sized communities even though its all-community comparison runs above the national average.
- Wilmington's own hospitals remain a real, roughly 15-20 minute drive away for full-service and emergency care in the meantime.
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