Table 8
SOUTH CAROLINA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by City, 2017
| State | Population |
Violent crime |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
Rape1 | Robbery |
Aggravated assault |
Property crime |
Burglary |
Larceny- theft |
Motor vehicle theft |
Arson |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeville2 | 5,153 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 125 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Aiken3 | 31,158 | 165 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 110 | 84 | 13 | |||
| Allendale | 2,983 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 119 | 60 | 54 | 5 | 3 |
| Anderson | 27,728 | 181 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 145 | 1,666 | 229 | 1,310 | 127 | 5 |
| Andrews | 2,903 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 120 | 32 | 83 | 5 | 0 |
| Aynor | 803 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Bamberg | 3,300 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 117 | 27 | 82 | 8 | 3 |
| Barnwell | 4,508 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 207 | 59 | 142 | 6 | 1 |
| Batesburg-Leesville | 5,462 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 266 | 46 | 203 | 17 | 0 |
| Beaufort | 13,612 | 92 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 67 | 667 | 98 | 536 | 33 | 5 |
| Belton | 4,426 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 242 | 29 | 188 | 25 | 0 |
| Bennettsville | 8,127 | 67 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 56 | 323 | 55 | 259 | 9 | 1 |
| Bishopville | 3,201 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 154 | 33 | 109 | 12 | 3 |
| Blacksburg | 1,894 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 127 | 22 | 93 | 12 | 0 |
| Blackville | 2,242 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 124 | 55 | 63 | 6 | 1 |
| Bluffton | 20,024 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 330 | 33 | 275 | 22 | 1 |
| Branchville | 968 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| Burnettown | 2,819 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 8 | 36 | 3 | 0 |
| Camden | 7,173 | 112 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 94 | 515 | 71 | 424 | 20 | 0 |
| Cameron | 415 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Cayce | 14,434 | 114 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 87 | 739 | 72 | 573 | 94 | 1 |
| Central | 5,238 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 181 | 12 | 163 | 6 | 0 |
| Chapin | 1,599 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
| Charleston | 136,845 | 388 | 6 | 50 | 100 | 232 | 3,144 | 399 | 2,442 | 303 | 12 |
| Cheraw | 5,770 | 70 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 60 | 416 | 60 | 336 | 20 | 0 |
| Chesnee | 922 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 0 |
| Chester | 5,452 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 234 | 39 | 186 | 9 | 3 |
| Clemson | 16,442 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 315 | 25 | 254 | 36 | 0 |
| Clinton | 8,473 | 88 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 68 | 319 | 83 | 224 | 12 | 0 |
| Clover | 6,098 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 176 | 31 | 135 | 10 | 0 |
| Columbia | 134,957 | 991 | 10 | 66 | 273 | 642 | 7,134 | 954 | 5,389 | 791 | 17 |
| Conway | 23,806 | 142 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 101 | 936 | 100 | 769 | 67 | 1 |
| Coward | 760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Cowpens | 2,326 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 0 |
| Darlington | 6,090 | 66 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 501 | 66 | 414 | 21 | 2 |
| Denmark | 2,942 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 85 | 30 | 50 | 5 | 0 |
| Dillon | 6,568 | 155 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 136 | 632 | 153 | 458 | 21 | 3 |
| Due West | 1,300 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| Duncan | 3,405 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 9 | 53 | 3 | 0 |
| Easley | 21,107 | 125 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 102 | 1,308 | 127 | 1,117 | 64 | 3 |
| Edgefield | 4,752 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 11 | 34 | 4 | 0 |
| Edisto Beach | 419 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| Elgin | 1,582 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 100 | 10 | 88 | 2 | 1 |
| Elloree | 666 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Estill | 1,915 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 45 | 88 | 29 | 56 | 3 | 2 |
| Eutawville | 300 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Florence | 38,449 | 487 | 5 | 27 | 61 | 394 | 2,728 | 353 | 2,242 | 133 | 10 |
| Forest Acres | 10,563 | 59 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 635 | 100 | 500 | 35 | 0 |
| Fort Lawn | 859 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| Fort Mill | 15,737 | 42 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 290 | 35 | 246 | 9 | 4 |
| Fountain Inn | 8,666 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 206 | 35 | 148 | 23 | 1 |
| Gaffney | 12,982 | 93 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 69 | 450 | 69 | 356 | 25 | 1 |
| Gaston | 1,660 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 0 |
| Georgetown | 9,003 | 128 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 109 | 524 | 65 | 435 | 24 | 0 |
| Gifford | 269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goose Creek | 43,006 | 162 | 3 | 26 | 24 | 109 | 986 | 152 | 777 | 57 | 1 |
| Great Falls | 1,920 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 6 | 63 | 8 | 1 |
| Greeleyville | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Greenville | 68,922 | 415 | 4 | 28 | 91 | 292 | 2,831 | 393 | 2,281 | 157 | 6 |
| Greenwood | 23,329 | 316 | 3 | 25 | 43 | 245 | 1,702 | 274 | 1,380 | 48 | 6 |
| Greer | 29,585 | 123 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 89 | 1,058 | 147 | 811 | 100 | 5 |
| Hampton | 2,613 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 161 | 34 | 110 | 17 | 1 |
| Hanahan | 24,487 | 74 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 46 | 396 | 80 | 274 | 42 | 1 |
| Hardeeville | 6,328 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 198 | 20 | 164 | 14 | 1 |
| Harleyville | 693 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Hartsville | 7,769 | 134 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 112 | 865 | 127 | 711 | 27 | 3 |
| Hemingway | 421 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| Holly Hill | 1,211 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 62 | 13 | 45 | 4 | 1 |
| Honea Path | 3,779 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 242 | 50 | 172 | 20 | 3 |
| Irmo | 12,353 | 55 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 447 | 103 | 329 | 15 | 1 |
| Isle of Palms | 4,439 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 18 | 44 | 7 | 0 |
| Iva | 1,296 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 53 | 13 | 35 | 5 | 0 |
| Jackson | 1,794 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnsonville | 1,508 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnston | 2,342 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| Jonesville | 852 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Kingstree | 3,204 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 223 | 55 | 157 | 11 | 1 |
| Lake City | 6,774 | 109 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 87 | 437 | 108 | 302 | 27 | 0 |
| Landrum | 2,558 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 63 | 16 | 43 | 4 | 0 |
| Lane | 464 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Latta | 1,326 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 87 | 10 | 71 | 6 | 2 |
| Laurens | 9,089 | 109 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 100 | 451 | 74 | 357 | 20 | 3 |
| Lexington | 21,434 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 56 | 643 | 39 | 570 | 34 | 2 |
| Liberty | 3,250 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 191 | 61 | 119 | 11 | 0 |
| Loris | 2,695 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 123 | 15 | 99 | 9 | 0 |
| Lyman | 3,513 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 95 | 22 | 66 | 7 | 0 |
| Manning | 4,031 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 371 | 61 | 293 | 17 | 0 |
| Marion | 6,677 | 47 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 604 | 145 | 422 | 37 | 2 |
| Mauldin | 25,535 | 65 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 409 | 45 | 332 | 32 | 0 |
| McColl | 2,019 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 70 | 31 | 39 | 0 | 1 |
| McCormick | 2,493 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 66 | 20 | 45 | 1 | 1 |
| Moncks Corner | 10,818 | 48 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 546 | 59 | 455 | 32 | 0 |
| Mount Pleasant | 87,216 | 165 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 119 | 1,332 | 169 | 1,076 | 87 | 2 |
| Mullins | 4,502 | 62 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 45 | 237 | 77 | 138 | 22 | 6 |
| Myrtle Beach | 33,167 | 523 | 5 | 60 | 146 | 312 | 4,331 | 378 | 3,608 | 345 | 8 |
| Newberry | 10,373 | 68 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 46 | 435 | 57 | 371 | 7 | 0 |
| New Ellenton | 2,160 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Ninety Six | 2,060 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 12 | 31 | 3 | 0 |
| North | 726 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 61 | 9 | 49 | 3 | 0 |
| North Augusta | 23,198 | 59 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 950 | 97 | 816 | 37 | 0 |
| North Charleston | 111,305 | 1,026 | 35 | 74 | 305 | 612 | 6,291 | 919 | 4,687 | 685 | 18 |
| North Myrtle Beach | 16,422 | 72 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 37 | 1,278 | 197 | 976 | 105 | 3 |
| Orangeburg | 13,076 | 124 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 89 | 871 | 152 | 670 | 49 | 2 |
| Pacolet | 2,411 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 9 | 33 | 5 | 0 |
| Pageland | 2,704 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 160 | 56 | 95 | 9 | 0 |
| Pendleton | 3,213 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 5 | 42 | 3 | 0 |
| Pickens | 3,201 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 209 | 23 | 176 | 10 | 0 |
| Port Royal | 13,161 | 48 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 303 | 45 | 236 | 22 | 0 |
| Prosperity | 1,209 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| Quinby | 945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ridgeland | 4,158 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 113 | 15 | 91 | 7 | 0 |
| Ridge Spring | 754 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Rock Hill | 74,053 | 469 | 9 | 51 | 95 | 314 | 3,007 | 365 | 2,506 | 136 | 4 |
| Salem | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salley | 424 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Saluda | 3,626 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 59 | 10 | 45 | 4 | 0 |
| Santee | 917 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 86 | 10 | 70 | 6 | 0 |
| Scranton | 861 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Seneca | 8,389 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 194 | 33 | 148 | 13 | 1 |
| Simpsonville | 21,829 | 68 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 42 | 761 | 87 | 616 | 58 | 0 |
| Society Hill | 539 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| South Congaree | 2,427 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 4 | 48 | 7 | 0 |
| Springdale | 2,817 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 109 | 11 | 83 | 15 | 0 |
| St. George | 2,181 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 122 | 25 | 90 | 7 | 0 |
| St. Matthews | 1,994 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 63 | 20 | 40 | 3 | 1 |
| St. Stephen | 1,824 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 19 | 47 | 5 | 0 |
| Sullivans Island | 1,961 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 12 | 33 | 4 | 0 |
| Summerton | 961 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 69 | 19 | 47 | 3 | 0 |
| Summerville | 50,498 | 147 | 4 | 22 | 31 | 90 | 1,745 | 173 | 1,457 | 115 | 5 |
| Sumter | 40,747 | 333 | 5 | 13 | 63 | 252 | 1,839 | 354 | 1,411 | 74 | 5 |
| Surfside Beach | 4,488 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 232 | 64 | 145 | 23 | 3 |
| Swansea | 916 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 2 | 32 | 6 | 0 |
| Tega Cay | 10,367 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 219 | 8 | 210 | 1 | 2 |
| Travelers Rest | 5,130 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 250 | 4 | 232 | 14 | 0 |
| Turbeville | 798 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 39 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| Union | 7,940 | 83 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 60 | 488 | 106 | 374 | 8 | 2 |
| Walhalla | 4,332 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 78 | 26 | 43 | 9 | 1 |
| Walterboro | 5,275 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 400 | 39 | 350 | 11 | 0 |
| Ware Shoals | 2,184 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 117 | 20 | 92 | 5 | 0 |
| Wellford | 2,588 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| West Columbia | 16,426 | 177 | 0 | 30 | 40 | 107 | 1,112 | 143 | 817 | 152 | 2 |
| Westminster | 2,514 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 65 | 11 | 49 | 5 | 1 |
| West Pelzer | 934 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Whitmire | 1,480 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 14 | 41 | 1 | 0 |
| Williamston | 4,229 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 126 | 17 | 102 | 7 | 0 |
| Williston | 2,975 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 98 | 25 | 67 | 6 | 0 |
| Winnsboro | 3,276 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 112 | 19 | 88 | 5 | 1 |
| Woodruff | 4,209 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 92 | 13 | 68 | 11 | 1 |
| Yemassee | 964 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 43 | 10 | 31 | 2 | 0 |
| York | 8,108 | 71 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 387 | 47 | 318 | 22 | 3 |
- 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using only the revised Uniform Crime Reporting definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
- 2 The FBI determined that the agency's data were overreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.
- 3 The FBI determined that the agency's data were underreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.
Data Declaration
Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.