Photos for Headline Surfer / ABOVE: Two examples of the myriad arrests handled by New Smyrna Beach during the 2025 Spring Break within the city limits, including the beach. LEFT & BELOW: A handgun and some drug paraphernalia among items seized in motor vehicle stops on Flagler Avenue and on the beach itself in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, during Spring Break.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- The New Smyrna Beach Police Department issued 1,152 Spring Break-related citations and made 49 arrests.
Of that total, 1,007 were written beachside, where most Spring Break activity occurred - primarily on Flagler Avenue and the beach itself.
There were 40 adult arrests, nine juvenile arrests, three complaint affidavits, and six notices to appear.
"These stats are from NSBPD only," Ava Hanner, New Smyrna Beach Police PIO emphasized in an email to Headline Surfer, which had requested crime stats.
Hanner continued: "There were more arrests, citations, etc. made by mutual aid agencies in New Smyrna Beach during Spring Break. As we do not have access to their records management systems, we are unable to provide statistics from other agencies."
"These stats are from NSBPD only," Ava Hanner, New Smyrna Beach Police PIO emphasized in an email to Headline Surfer, which had requested crime stats.
Hanner continued: "There were more arrests, citations, etc. made by mutual aid agencies in New Smyrna Beach during Spring Break. As we do not have access to their records management systems, we are unable to provide statistics from other agencies."
Other law enforcement agencies that helped police Spring Break across Volusia County were the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, the Florida Highway Patrol, the Florida Wildlife Commission, Daytona Beach Police, Port Orange Police, and Edgewater Police.
The VCSO announced earlier this week that it "wrapped up Spring Break 2025" with the following stats: 191 arrests (173 misdemeanors and 18 felonies), 26 of which were juveniles.
Multimedia video
NSBPD video / Chris Kirk, interim chief of police for the New Smyrna Beach Police Department, was proactive from the onset of Spring Break, making clear that lawbreakers would be subject to arrest in what he stated was a zero-tolerance policy towards lawless behavior of any kind.
Previous Related Coverage
BREAKING NEWS ALERT: Daytona Beach Cops: Two shot near the Boardwalk; victims with non-life-threatening injuriesPosted: Sun, 03/16/2025 - 01:02
About the Headline Surfer Byline Writer: Henry Frederick is an award-winning journalist who launched Headline Surfer in 2008, which serves greater Daytona Beach, Sanford & Orlando via