Murders in South Carolina

Murders in South Carolina was 355 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 16.7% from 2024. That is the 16th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count355

Change on 2024-16.7%

Rank16th of 51US states ranked

Series high5902021

Series low2581999

Next release: Saturday, 14 August 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Murders in South Carolina, 1979 to 2025

count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.

All 47 values

Period	count
2025	355
2024	426
2023	481
2022	559
2021	590
2020	549
2019	455
2018	411
2017	380
2016	358
2015	407
2014	322
2013	305
2012	332
2011	320
2010	265
2009	305
2008	307
2007	364
2006	362
2005	314
2004	286
2003	303
2002	298
2001	330
2000	291
1999	258
1998	306
1997	314
1996	332
1995	292
1994	353
1993	377
1992	373
1991	402
1990	390
1989	320
1988	325
1987	318
1986	291
1985	304
1984	305
1983	321
1982	348
1981	330
1980	348
1979	368

Compared with United States

Place	2025
South Carolina	355
United States	14,085

South Carolina compared with nearby places

Under 30
30 to 100
100 to 180
180 to 330
330 to 470
470 and over

Murders, 2025, count. South Carolina is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

US states by murders 51 places

Definition

Estimated number of murders and nonnegligent manslaughters known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

UCR definition: the willful killing of one human being by another, excluding deaths caused by negligence, suicides, accidents and justifiable homicides. For other countries use homicide_rate (UNODC). FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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APA 7

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter (Murders, South Carolina, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

MLA 9

FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, Murders, South Carolina, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/south-carolina. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Murders, South Carolina, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/south-carolina.

Harvard

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, Murders, South Carolina, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/murders/south-carolina (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{federal_murders_south_carolina_2025,
  author = {{Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program}},
  title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter: Murders, South Carolina, 1979 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/south-carolina. Publisher attribution: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/\#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.},
}

RIS

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

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590 in 2021, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

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