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Crime rates for the city limits of Southern Pines are slightly higher than the national average at 382 versus 301 on the C-D crime index. If you are miles outside the city limits on 10-20 acres, I don't think you will see much crime. I assume you will be looking for acreage in Moore County, rather than within city limits. City profile with crime figures is here: //www.city-data.com/city/Southe...-Carolina.html
If you are looking at other options, you might consider the Aiken, SC area. Other parts of Moore County, NC like Carthage are discussed in this past thread: //www.city-data.com/forum/north...-carthage.html
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The "Sandhills" area (Southern Pines/Pinehurst "metro" area) is a wonderful place for horses as well as for golf and retirees. Lots of equine-centered veterinarians there--my niece owns Foundation Equine and she has several horses of her own. You might enjoy the touching story of Hope, the Wonder Horse in that vicinity.
Don't get so hung up on "crime rates" (which you can search online and are not high anyway--not sure where you heard SP had a high crime rate). Have you visited the area? Spending a few days there will assuage your worries about crime; in general it's a peaceful area catering mostly to affluent retirees but particularly golf and horses. My dad has lived in that area for 20 years.
There are tons of horse farms outside "town" in the area; also know that addresses such as Aberdeen, Pinehurst, West End, etc are all in the same "Sandhills" area and you should not get hung up on Southern Pines specifically. I am presuming you have visited the area; how else would you be thinking of moving there?
It is probably the most horse-centric area in NC, that's for sure.
Thanks for the replies so far. Yes, I have visited Southern Pines and love it which is why I'm considering the move. I'm looking for inside information from those that currently live there or are in the area.
We have a lot of Mini horse farms (5 acres min.) in Jackson Springs in Moore co. we are 7 miles West of the Pinehurst village and about 13 miles West of Southern Pines. Right on the edge of simi rural and rural.
Southern Pines is not hugely dangerous. It has 2 apartment complexes that are low income, AKA the projects, so that's surely where the higher crime rate is coming from. The projects are across the street from each other on Morganton Rd near the armory, so pretty well removed from the rest of the towns. Some of the hoodrats that live there will indeed sometimes cause problems in town, in the form of robbery or home invasions. They may shoot each other in town as well. Luckily that doesn't happen often. But when it does, well hopefully you're just not in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Just stay away from the projects. If you do that, your chances of being the victim of a crime are about the same as anywhere USA if not lower.
FYI I did live in those projects for about a year. I lost count of the gunshots I heard and saw 4 dead bodies in my time there...one in my front yard and one behind my car, 2 down the road. Not a fun place to be...so just stay away from there.
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