Healthcare & Safety in Surfside Beach
Surfside Beach sits within reach of the broader Myrtle Beach-area hospital network, and crime data shows a genuine mixed picture -- an elevated overall rate driven almost entirely by property crime, with violent crime well below the national average.
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Learn moreHealthcare access via the broader Myrtle Beach/Grand Strand hospital network
Surfside Beach's proximity to Myrtle Beach places it within reach of Grand Strand Regional Medical Center (HCA) and Tidelands Health's hospital network (which also serves Georgetown and Murrells Inlet, documented elsewhere in this dataset) -- a Surfside-specific hospital or clinic count was not independently confirmed this session.
A genuine mixed crime picture -- property crime, not violent crime, drives the overall rate
NeighborhoodScout's overall crime rate for Surfside Beach (21 per 1,000) reads higher than 61% of South Carolina's cities and towns -- but the violent crime rate specifically (1.68 per 1,000) sits well below the national average (13.32 per 1,000). The elevated overall figure is driven almost entirely by property crime (19 per 1,000), plausibly linked to the town's tourism and seasonal-rental exposure (theft from vehicles and vacation properties) rather than a violent-crime problem.
No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe
Per this dataset's site policy, no specific neighborhood or block within Surfside Beach is called out as higher- or lower-crime here -- confirm current, address-specific data directly with NeighborhoodScout, CrimeGrade, or the Surfside Beach Police Department before relocating.
Key takeaways
- Surfside Beach sits within reach of the Myrtle Beach-area hospital network (Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Tidelands Health); a town-specific facility count wasn't confirmed this session.
- Overall crime reads higher than 61% of SC cities, but that gap is almost entirely property-crime-driven -- violent crime (1.68 per 1,000) sits well below the national average (13.32).
- An overall downward crime trend was reported by NeighborhoodScout.
- No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe here, per site policy -- confirm current, address-specific data directly.
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