Table 6
SOUTH CAROLINA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by City, 2016
City | Population |
Violent crime |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
Rape (revised definition1) |
Rape (legacy definition2) |
Robbery |
Aggravated assault |
Property crime |
Burglary |
Larceny- theft |
Motor vehicle theft |
Arson |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abbeville | 5,177 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 199 | 59 | 131 | 9 | 1 | |
Aiken | 30,800 | 241 | 1 | 23 | 43 | 174 | 1,785 | 287 | 1,401 | 97 | 6 | |
Allendale | 3,064 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 116 | 55 | 57 | 4 | 1 | |
Andrews | 2,894 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 160 | 59 | 95 | 6 | 0 | |
Atlantic Beach | 394 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Aynor | 689 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 0 | |
Bamberg | 3,341 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 136 | 42 | 89 | 5 | 0 | |
Barnwell | 4,561 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 278 | 107 | 160 | 11 | 2 | |
Batesburg-Leesville | 5,457 | 79 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 64 | 275 | 40 | 226 | 9 | 3 | |
Beaufort | 13,477 | 85 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 60 | 857 | 100 | 729 | 28 | 1 | |
Belton | 4,374 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 216 | 42 | 147 | 27 | 0 | |
Bennettsville | 8,514 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 61 | 321 | 60 | 244 | 17 | 0 | |
Bishopville | 3,237 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 166 | 27 | 132 | 7 | 0 | |
Blacksburg | 1,889 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 92 | 15 | 68 | 9 | 0 | |
Blackville | 2,273 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 92 | 40 | 50 | 2 | 0 | |
Bluffton | 17,498 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 267 | 39 | 217 | 11 | 0 | |
Branchville | 983 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
Briarcliffe Acres | 544 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Burnettown | 2,795 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 1 | |
Camden | 7,132 | 112 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 86 | 569 | 67 | 485 | 17 | 0 | |
Cameron | 414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Campobello | 532 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
Cayce | 13,729 | 149 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 119 | 662 | 104 | 462 | 96 | 2 | |
Chapin | 1,578 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
Charleston | 135,153 | 408 | 11 | 44 | 107 | 246 | 3,359 | 417 | 2,681 | 261 | 8 | |
Cheraw | 5,766 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 395 | 59 | 325 | 11 | 0 | |
Chesnee | 907 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 1 | |
Chester | 5,462 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 40 | 291 | 92 | 188 | 11 | 1 | |
Chesterfield | 1,450 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 0 | |
Clemson | 15,767 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 463 | 57 | 309 | 97 | 1 | |
Clinton | 8,664 | 101 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 81 | 353 | 82 | 252 | 19 | 1 | |
Clover | 5,874 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 128 | 16 | 106 | 6 | 0 | |
Columbia | 134,489 | 1,116 | 10 | 99 | 286 | 721 | 7,374 | 1,114 | 5,357 | 903 | 18 | |
Conway | 21,874 | 174 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 127 | 1,016 | 138 | 805 | 73 | 0 | |
Cottageville | 733 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
Coward | 749 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
Cowpens | 2,288 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | |
Darlington | 6,130 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 57 | 530 | 60 | 455 | 15 | 0 | |
Denmark | 3,274 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 146 | 56 | 79 | 11 | 1 | |
Dillon | 6,648 | 127 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 95 | 725 | 119 | 584 | 22 | 1 | |
Due West | 1,238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
Duncan | 3,350 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 97 | 9 | 83 | 5 | 0 | |
Easley | 20,911 | 131 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 112 | 1,165 | 114 | 992 | 59 | 2 | |
Edgefield | 4,762 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 0 | |
Edisto Beach | 415 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
Ehrhardt | 499 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Elgin | 1,510 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 75 | 5 | 69 | 1 | 1 | |
Elloree | 677 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Estill | 1,933 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 52 | 80 | 26 | 53 | 1 | 0 | |
Eutawville | 305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Florence | 38,382 | 408 | 1 | 20 | 73 | 314 | 2,563 | 407 | 2,026 | 130 | 5 | |
Forest Acres | 10,654 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 61 | 562 | 89 | 420 | 53 | 1 | |
Fort Lawn | 862 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 2 | |
Fort Mill | 14,150 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 304 | 27 | 267 | 10 | 2 | |
Fountain Inn | 8,450 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 159 | 20 | 126 | 13 | 1 | |
Gaffney | 12,568 | 104 | 1 | 14 | 28 | 61 | 622 | 117 | 479 | 26 | 1 | |
Gaston | 1,662 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 14 | 30 | 4 | 0 | |
Georgetown | 9,044 | 81 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 322 | 50 | 257 | 15 | 0 | |
Gifford | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Goose Creek | 41,540 | 158 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 119 | 915 | 159 | 710 | 46 | 6 | |
Great Falls | 1,923 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 119 | 16 | 100 | 3 | 1 | |
Greeleyville | 405 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Greenville | 65,686 | 399 | 2 | 33 | 98 | 266 | 2,823 | 366 | 2,259 | 198 | 10 | |
Greer | 28,927 | 97 | 0 | 19 | 22 | 56 | 733 | 102 | 575 | 56 | 1 | |
Hampton | 2,637 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 165 | 51 | 107 | 7 | 1 | |
Hanahan | 22,357 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 419 | 124 | 258 | 37 | 4 | |
Hardeeville | 5,893 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 25 | 224 | 58 | 148 | 18 | 1 | |
Harleyville | 699 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
Hartsville | 7,837 | 154 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 130 | 817 | 116 | 674 | 27 | 3 | |
Hemingway | 427 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 0 | |
Holly Hill | 1,230 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 59 | 9 | 49 | 1 | 0 | |
Honea Path | 3,737 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 254 | 27 | 200 | 27 | 3 | |
Inman | 2,294 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 68 | 8 | 58 | 2 | 0 | |
Irmo | 12,240 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 58 | 414 | 62 | 332 | 20 | 0 | |
Isle of Palms | 4,419 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 28 | 83 | 7 | 0 | |
Iva | 1,288 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 55 | 10 | 42 | 3 | 1 | |
Jackson | 1,774 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | |
Jamestown | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Johnsonville | 1,509 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
Johnston | 2,345 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 40 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 0 | |
Jonesville | 856 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
Kingstree | 3,155 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 248 | 57 | 177 | 14 | 0 | |
Lake City | 6,809 | 128 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 95 | 439 | 100 | 307 | 32 | 3 | |
Lamar | 968 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Landrum | 2,517 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 82 | 25 | 52 | 5 | 0 | |
Lane | 471 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Latta | 1,345 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 104 | 19 | 77 | 8 | 1 | |
Lexington | 20,597 | 71 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 59 | 614 | 64 | 529 | 21 | 1 | |
Liberty | 3,242 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 155 | 37 | 112 | 6 | 0 | |
Loris | 2,630 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 160 | 28 | 117 | 15 | 0 | |
Lyman | 3,456 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 71 | 11 | 57 | 3 | 0 | |
Manning | 4,023 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 360 | 59 | 291 | 10 | 3 | |
Marion | 6,674 | 61 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 598 | 157 | 411 | 30 | 5 | |
Mauldin | 25,540 | 54 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 507 | 56 | 405 | 46 | 4 | |
McBee | 853 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
McColl | 2,049 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 92 | 28 | 61 | 3 | 1 | |
McCormick | 2,540 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 74 | 23 | 47 | 4 | 3 | |
Moncks Corner | 10,298 | 50 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 530 | 51 | 464 | 15 | 0 | |
Mount Pleasant | 84,277 | 127 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 101 | 1,433 | 169 | 1,200 | 64 | 2 | |
Mullins | 4,491 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 268 | 82 | 168 | 18 | 1 | |
Myrtle Beach | 31,864 | 538 | 5 | 46 | 139 | 348 | 4,395 | 469 | 3,555 | 371 | 10 | |
Newberry | 10,338 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 50 | 438 | 52 | 380 | 6 | 2 | |
New Ellenton | 2,134 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 0 | |
Nichols | 356 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
Ninety Six | 2,050 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 60 | 9 | 47 | 4 | 0 | |
North | 737 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 0 | |
North Augusta | 22,755 | 49 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 16 | 989 | 124 | 821 | 44 | 2 | |
North Charleston | 110,490 | 993 | 32 | 89 | 293 | 579 | 6,218 | 918 | 4,655 | 645 | 16 | |
North Myrtle Beach | 15,945 | 121 | 2 | 21 | 28 | 70 | 1,227 | 194 | 918 | 115 | 4 | |
Olanta | 571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Orangeburg | 13,365 | 80 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 51 | 980 | 173 | 748 | 59 | 2 | |
Pacolet | 2,373 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 9 | 42 | 4 | 1 | |
Pageland | 2,745 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 143 | 46 | 91 | 6 | 2 | |
Pelion | 708 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
Perry | 236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pickens | 3,183 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 239 | 31 | 199 | 9 | 0 | |
Pine Ridge | 2,263 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | |
Port Royal | 12,417 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 281 | 56 | 202 | 23 | 1 | |
Prosperity | 1,204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
Quinby | 947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Ridgeland | 3,991 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 129 | 12 | 108 | 9 | 0 | |
Ridge Spring | 748 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Rock Hill | 72,589 | 447 | 5 | 61 | 60 | 321 | 2,544 | 336 | 2,054 | 154 | 10 | |
Salem | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Saluda | 3,603 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 50 | 10 | 35 | 5 | 0 | |
Santee | 930 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 103 | 22 | 78 | 3 | 0 | |
Scranton | 864 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Seneca | 8,308 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 227 | 48 | 167 | 12 | 0 | |
Simpsonville | 21,223 | 70 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 41 | 766 | 69 | 650 | 47 | 1 | |
Society Hill | 545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
South Congaree | 2,404 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 1 | |
Springdale | 2,814 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 123 | 20 | 84 | 19 | 0 | |
Springfield | 499 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
St. George | 2,197 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 130 | 41 | 80 | 9 | 0 | |
St. Matthews | 1,978 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 81 | 19 | 60 | 2 | 0 | |
St. Stephen | 1,829 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 0 | |
Sullivans Island | 1,940 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
Summerton | 959 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 53 | 14 | 34 | 5 | 0 | |
Summerville | 50,154 | 160 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 112 | 1,802 | 188 | 1,509 | 105 | 0 | |
Sumter | 40,864 | 282 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 220 | 1,666 | 390 | 1,216 | 60 | 10 | |
Surfside Beach | 4,372 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 211 | 45 | 143 | 23 | 1 | |
Swansea | 904 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 0 | |
Tega Cay | 10,032 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 193 | 8 | 184 | 1 | 0 | |
Travelers Rest | 5,074 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 228 | 10 | 207 | 11 | 1 | |
Turbeville | 798 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | |
Union | 7,981 | 89 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 74 | 473 | 89 | 374 | 10 | 2 | |
Wagener | 827 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | |
Walhalla | 4,254 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 102 | 19 | 78 | 5 | 0 | |
Walterboro | 5,253 | 59 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 449 | 35 | 393 | 21 | 5 | |
Ware Shoals | 2,175 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 106 | 22 | 81 | 3 | 0 | |
Wellford | 2,549 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 14 | 36 | 3 | 0 | |
Westminster | 2,493 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 97 | 21 | 72 | 4 | 0 | |
West Pelzer | 914 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 0 | |
West Union | 313 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
Whitmire | 1,466 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 13 | 35 | 2 | 0 | |
Williamston | 4,161 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 144 | 34 | 95 | 15 | 4 | |
Williston | 3,007 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 93 | 15 | 69 | 9 | 2 | |
Winnsboro | 3,316 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 200 | 37 | 155 | 8 | 0 | |
Woodruff | 4,137 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 105 | 22 | 73 | 10 | 2 | |
York | 8,058 | 82 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 58 | 350 | 48 | 291 | 11 | 3 |
- 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
- 2 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
Data Declaration
Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.