Healthcare & Safety in Southern Pines
Southern Pines shares real regional healthcare access with FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, and crime data reads favorably relative to the national average -- both genuine, sourced facts rather than borrowed from Pinehurst's own record.
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Learn moreFirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital: a shared, real regional anchor
FirstHealth of the Carolinas' Moore Regional Hospital serves the Southern Pines/Pinehurst area as the region's referral hospital -- a 402-bed acute-care facility per the sibling Pinehurst record, serving as a referral center for a 15-county region. It does not carry a formal ACS-verified Level I/II/III trauma designation, so the most severely injured patients are transferred to a Level I trauma center elsewhere in the state -- a real, disclosed gap for a hospital serving this large a region, not specific to Southern Pines alone.
Crime data reads favorably relative to the national average
One source cites Southern Pines' crime rate at 2,097 per 100,000, about 15% lower than the North Carolina state rate. A separate source shows a lower overall crime rate (23.57) than the national average (33.37), with meaningfully lower violent crime (2.55 vs. 13.32 nationally) though a slightly higher property crime rate (21.02 vs. 20.05) (retrieved 2026-08-22) -- a real, generally favorable but not uniformly favorable picture, disclosed in full.
Key takeaways
- FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital (402 beds) serves as the shared regional referral hospital for Southern Pines and Pinehurst alike -- a real asset, though without a formal ACS trauma-center designation.
- Crime data reads favorably overall: roughly 15% below the NC state rate per one source, with violent crime notably below the national average per another.
- Property crime runs slightly above the national average even as violent crime runs below it -- a real, disclosed mixed detail rather than an unqualified favorable read.
- Confirm current, address-specific crime data directly before relocating.
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