Beaufort, SC County has a higher rate of both violent and property crime compared to the US average. The violent crime rate in Beaufort is 27.2, which is 4.5 points above the US average of 22.7. Property crime in Beaufort is 54.5, which is 19.1 points higher than the national average of 35.4. This shows that Beaufort has a noticeably higher level of both violent and property crime than what is seen throughout the United States as a whole.
Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)
Beaufort County violent crime is 27.2. (The US average is 22.7)
Beaufort County property crime is 54.5. (The US average is 35.4)
NOTE: The city of Beaufort, South Carolina does not have FBI Crime Statistics. The closest similar sized city with FBI crime data is the city of Summerville, South Carolina. The charts below are detailed crime statistics for the city of Summerville, South Carolina. Click links below to see charts for each crime category.