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Table 7

SOUTH CAROLINA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by University and College, 2016

University/College Campus Student
enrollment1
Violent
crime
Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter
Rape
(revised
definition)2
Rape
(legacy
definition)3
Robbery Aggravated
assault
Property
crime
Burglary Larceny-
theft
Motor
vehicle
theft
Arson
Benedict College 2,465 44 1 1 32 10 105 23 78 4 3
Bob Jones University 3,005 0 0 0 0 0 18 6 12 0 0
Clemson University 22,698 4 0 2 1 1 209 21 147 41 2
Coastal Carolina University 10,263 13 0 6 1 6 236 12 222 2 0
College of Charleston 11,531 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 54 2 0
Columbia College 1,484 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 0
Denmark Technical College 1,043 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erskine College 761 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 19 0 0
Francis Marion University 3,947 0 0 0 0 0 38 1 37 0 0
Greenville Technical College 12,280 0 0 0 0 0 29 4 25 0 0
Lander University 2,701 3 0 3 0 0 16 3 13 0 0
Medical University of South Carolina 2,992 2 0 1 0 1 102 1 96 5 0
Midlands Technical College 10,946 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 15 2 0
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College 2,774 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0
Presbyterian College 1,379 1 0 1 0 0 22 7 15 0 0
South Carolina State University 3,054 9 0 3 2 4 96 15 72 9 0
Spartanburg Methodist College 771 3 0 2 1 0 6 0 6 0 0
The Citadel 3,506 1 0 0 1 0 19 7 11 1 0
Tri-County Technical College 6,128 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 0 0
Trident Technical College 15,043 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 21 0 0
University of South Carolina: Aiken 3,448 1 0 0 1 0 21 0 21 0 0
Beaufort 1,980 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 7 1 0
Columbia 33,724 3 0 0 1 2 314 9 240 65 0
Upstate 5,996 2 0 1 0 1 18 4 14 0 0
Winthrop University 6,031 1 0 0 1 0 29 7 21 1 0
  • 1 The student enrollment figures provided by the United States Department of Education are for the 2015 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.
  • 2 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.
  • 3 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.
  • NOTE: Caution should be exercised in making any intercampus comparisons or ranking schools because university/college crime statistics are affected by a variety of factors. These include demographic characteristics of the surrounding community, ratio of male to female students, number of on-campus residents, accessibility of the campus to outside visitors, size of enrollment, etc.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.