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Table 13

SOUTH CAROLINA

Hate Crime Incidents

per Bias Motivation and Quarter

by Agency, 2017

Agency type Agency name Number of incidents per bias motivation Number of incidents per quarter Population1
Race/
Ethnicity/
Ancestry 		Religion Sexual
orientation 		Disability Gender Gender
identity 		1st
quarter 		2nd
quarter 		3rd
quarter 		4th
quarter
Total 63 11 12 1 0 0
Cities 36 3 5 0 0 0
Abbeville 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5,153
Andrews 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 2,903
Beaufort 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13,612
Cayce 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14,434
Charleston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 136,845
Chester 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5,452
Denmark 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2,942
Elloree 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 666
Greeleyville 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 400
Greenville 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 68,922
Hartsville 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7,769
Irmo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12,353
Laurens 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9,089
Moncks Corner 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 10,818
Myrtle Beach 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33,167
North Charleston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 111,305
Orangeburg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13,076
Pickens 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3,201
St. George 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2,181
Sullivans Island 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1,961
Union 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7,940
Westminster 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,514
Winnsboro 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3,276
Universities and Colleges 4 0 0 0 0 0
Benedict College 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,281
Clemson University 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23,406
Medical University of South Carolina 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2,986
The Citadel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3,602
Metropolitan Counties 5 2 4 0 0 0
Beaufort 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Greenville 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Horry County Police Department 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Laurens 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Richland 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Sumter 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Nonmetropolitan Counties 17 6 3 1 0 0
Abbeville 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bamberg 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
Chesterfield 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0
Clarendon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Colleton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Dillon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Georgetown 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Greenwood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hampton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Marion 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Orangeburg 7 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
Williamsburg 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Other Agencies 1 0 0 0 0 0
Lexington County Medical Center 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  • 1 Population figures are published only for the cities. The figures listed for the universities and colleges are student enrollment and were provided by the United States Department of Education for the 2016 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.

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