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Table 9

SOUTH CAROLINA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by University and College, 2017

University/College Campus Student
enrollment1 		Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape2 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson
Benedict College 2,281 23 0 4 4 15 98 12 83 3 0
Bob Jones University 2,901 0 0 0 0 0 16 9 7 0 0
Clemson University 23,406 9 0 5 0 4 216 20 163 33 1
Coastal Carolina University 10,479 17 0 7 2 8 172 4 168 0 0
College of Charleston 11,294 1 0 0 0 1 71 1 69 1 0
Erskine College 822 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Francis Marion University 3,874 2 0 2 0 0 21 0 21 0 0
Greenville Technical College 11,932 8 0 2 0 6 27 2 23 2 0
Medical University of South Carolina 2,986 8 0 3 1 4 107 2 103 2 0
Midlands Technical College 10,749 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 12 1 0
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College 2,640 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Presbyterian College 1,352 2 0 2 0 0 35 16 18 1 1
South Carolina State University 2,905 3 0 1 1 1 74 32 41 1 0
Spartanburg Methodist College 737 2 0 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0
The Citadel 3,602 3 0 0 0 3 24 5 18 1 0
University of South Carolina: Aiken 3,548 1 0 0 0 1 11 2 9 0 0
Beaufort 2,005 5 0 3 1 1 6 0 6 0 0
Columbia 34,099 16 0 10 2 4 329 17 251 61 0
Upstate 5,821 0 0 0 0 0 38 1 36 1 0
Winthrop University 6,109 6 0 1 1 4 38 2 35 1 0
  • 1 The student enrollment figures provided by the United States Department of Education are for the 2016 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 only the revised Uniform Crime Reporting 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.