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Table 9

SOUTH CAROLINA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by University and College, 2019

University/College Campus Student
enrollment1
Violent
crime
Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter
Rape2 Robbery Aggravated
assault
Property
crime
Burglary Larceny-
theft
Motor
vehicle
theft
Arson
Bob Jones University 3,383 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Clemson University 27,796 6 0 6 0 0 165 8 134 23 1
Coastal Carolina University 12,015 1 0 1 0 0 107 14 92 1 0
College of Charleston 13,258 1 0 0 1 0 44 0 44 0 0
Denmark Technical College 863 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erskine College 883 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Francis Marion University 4,384 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 0
Greenville Technical College 15,700 2 0 0 1 1 21 4 16 1 0
Medical University of South Carolina 3,421 5 0 1 1 3 114 2 109 3 0
Midlands Technical College 14,571 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College 3,324 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
South Carolina State University 3,205 6 0 1 1 4 42 3 37 2 0
The Citadel 4,305 0 0 0 0 0 49 5 44 0 0
University of South Carolina: Aiken 4,281 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 0
Columbia 37,348 5 0 4 1 0 214 13 184 17 0
Upstate 7,147 2 0 2 0 0 30 2 25 3 0
Winthrop University 7,009 2 0 2 0 0 23 2 21 0 0
  • 1 The student enrollment figures provided by the United States Department of Education are for the 2018 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.