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United States / South Carolina / Charleston-North Charleston Metro Area / Charleston County / Charleston / Zip Codes
The crime rate in Charleston, SC is below the national average for both violent and property crimes. Specifically, the violent crime rate in Charleston is 17.7 compared to the US average of 22.7, and the property crime rate is 35.9 compared to the US average of 35.4. This data indicates that overall crime in Charleston is lower than across the country, making it a relatively safe place to live or visit.

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Charleston violent crime is 17.7. (The US average is 22.7)
Charleston property crime is 35.9. (The US average is 35.4)
NOTE: Click on the links below to see charts for each crime category.
 Violent Crimes  - Murder  Rape  Robbery  Assault
 Property Crimes  - Burglary  Larceny  Auto Theft
Charleston, SC Crime History
*Closest City
Year Violent Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Burglary Larceny Auto
2002859.113.137.4261.8546.86212.71031.94299.5881.3
2003881.21533.1245.6587.45034.3890.23580.7563.4
20041022.88.849.9238.6725.65320.5907.53918.3494.8
2005943.59.446.1272.8615.24473.8761.93258.5453.4
2006885.821.241.5226.15974021.4652.42867.9501.1
200783113.751.2245.9520.23881.86822793.9405.9
2008716.612.553.7258392.34062648.53044.5369
2009523.47.927.3191.8296.43510.7497.92772.7240.1
2010364.98.515.3128.5212.73385.8511.32679.7194.8
2011327.69.124.7133.4160.53090.2433.82434.1222.3
20122399.715.3841302723.33022231.6189.7
2013181.65.522.856.696.72509.3239.82142.2127.4
2014207.96.219.353.9128.62287.7269.51880.4137.8
2015257.912.132.468.6144.82439.9357.51868.2214.2
2016301.98.132.679.21822485.3308.51983.7193.1
2017283.54.436.573.1169.52297.5291.61784.5221.4
2018302.77.341.664.9188.92077.4262.61577.8237.1
2019373.25.836.968.7261.82259.6211.21688.9359.5

   Crime in Nearby Cities
City Violent
per 100k		 Property
per 100k		 Pop. Miles Data
Year
Folly Beach, SC288.93,828.12,33992015
North Charleston, SC966.16,019.398,60692019
Sullivan's Island, SC51.61,651.21,87792019
Hanahan, SC204.11,280.613,98392019
Mount Pleasant, SC113.61,227.755,461102019
   Crime in Similar Size Cities
City Violent
per 100k		 Property
per 100k		 Pop. Miles Data
Year
North Charleston, SC966.16,019.398,60692019
Savannah, GA405.32,460.1236,682872018
Columbia, SC775.15,252.3118,7981002019
Wilmington, NC608.42,880.292,5891562019
Fayetteville, NC875.43,526.0126,3541682019

   Visualize the relationship between violent and property crime in similar size cities.

   Crime by Location

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Robin · Charleston, SC
Fabulous
Over 1 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Carmen · Upper East Side, NY
Frightening rate of medical malpractice.
Over 3 years ago

Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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fran · Isle of Palms, SC
Paradise lost!
Over 4 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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