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Violent crimes in South Carolina

Violent crimes in South Carolina was 21,590 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 10.5% from 2024. That is the 19th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count21,590
Change on 2024-10.5%
Rank19th of 51US states ranked
Series high37,7561994
Series low19,8891979

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Violent crimes in South Carolina, 1979 to 2025

15K20K25K30K35K40K19791986199320002007201420251979: 19,889 count1980: 20,225 count1981: 20,275 count1982: 23,061 count1983: 20,133 count1984: 20,607 count1985: 21,121 count1986: 22,789 count1987: 22,773 count1988: 25,889 count1989: 28,576 count1990: 34,050 count1991: 34,621 count1992: 34,029 count1993: 37,281 count1994: 37,756 count1995: 36,067 count1996: 36,875 count1997: 37,235 count1998: 34,647 count1999: 32,920 count2000: 33,225 count2001: 33,114 count2002: 33,761 count2003: 33,455 count2004: 33,160 count2005: 32,590 count2006: 33,322 count2007: 34,630 count2008: 32,746 count2009: 30,799 count2010: 27,923 count2011: 27,894 count2012: 26,474 count2013: 24,263 count2014: 24,038 count2015: 24,448 count2016: 25,137 count2017: 25,412 count2018: 25,463 count2019: 26,307 count2020: 27,691 count2021: 26,685 count2022: 26,361 count2023: 25,705 count2024: 24,122 count2025: 21,590 count15K20K25K30K35K40K19791995201120251979: 19,889 count1980: 20,225 count1981: 20,275 count1982: 23,061 count1983: 20,133 count1984: 20,607 count1985: 21,121 count1986: 22,789 count1987: 22,773 count1988: 25,889 count1989: 28,576 count1990: 34,050 count1991: 34,621 count1992: 34,029 count1993: 37,281 count1994: 37,756 count1995: 36,067 count1996: 36,875 count1997: 37,235 count1998: 34,647 count1999: 32,920 count2000: 33,225 count2001: 33,114 count2002: 33,761 count2003: 33,455 count2004: 33,160 count2005: 32,590 count2006: 33,322 count2007: 34,630 count2008: 32,746 count2009: 30,799 count2010: 27,923 count2011: 27,894 count2012: 26,474 count2013: 24,263 count2014: 24,038 count2015: 24,448 count2016: 25,137 count2017: 25,412 count2018: 25,463 count2019: 26,307 count2020: 27,691 count2021: 26,685 count2022: 26,361 count2023: 25,705 count2024: 24,122 count2025: 21,590 count
count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.
All 47 values
Periodcount
202521,590
202424,122
202325,705
202226,361
202126,685
202027,691
201926,307
201825,463
201725,412
201625,137
201524,448
201424,038
201324,263
201226,474
201127,894
201027,923
200930,799
200832,746
200734,630
200633,322
200532,590
200433,160
200333,455
200233,761
200133,114
200033,225
199932,920
199834,647
199737,235
199636,875
199536,067
199437,756
199337,281
199234,029
199134,621
199034,050
198928,576
198825,889
198722,773
198622,789
198521,121
198420,607
198320,133
198223,061
198120,275
198020,225
197919,889

Compared with United States

Place2025
South Carolina21,590
United States1,119,768

South Carolina compared with nearby places

Alabama: 18,090 countAlaska: 5,377 countArizona: 28,814 countArkansas: 16,564 countCalifornia: 170,300 countColorado: 25,353 countConnecticut: 4,043 countDelaware: 3,677 countDistrict of Columbia: 5,570 countFlorida: 61,203 countGeorgia: 33,554 countHawaii: 2,938 countIdaho: 4,410 countIllinois: 31,924 countIndiana: 17,737 countIowa: 7,574 countKansas: 13,613 countKentucky: 9,770 countLouisiana: 23,788 countMaine: 1,319 countMaryland: 22,432 countMassachusetts: 21,657 countMichigan: 42,157 countMinnesota: 13,031 countMississippi: 6,704 countMissouri: 26,196 countMontana: 4,797 countNebraska: 4,408 countNevada: 12,445 countNew Hampshire: 1,664 countNew Jersey: 18,508 countNew Mexico: 13,213 countNew York: 73,681 countNorth Carolina: 36,991 countNorth Dakota: 1,903 countOhio: 32,796 countOklahoma: 16,810 countOregon: 13,300 countPennsylvania: 29,613 countRhode Island: 1,606 countSouth Carolina: 21,590 countSouth Dakota: 2,875 countTennessee: 36,014 countTexas: 109,357 countUtah: 8,340 countVermont: 1,382 countVirginia: 18,284 countWashington: 22,715 countWest Virginia: 4,269 countWisconsin: 14,353 countWyoming: 1,059 count
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Violent crimes, 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.

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Definition

Estimated number of violent crimes: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Rape is counted under the revised definition from 2013 and the legacy definition before. 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: violent crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, 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/violent-crimes/south-carolina. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Violent crimes, 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/violent-crimes/south-carolina.

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

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  title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime: Violent crimes, South Carolina, 1979 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
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What is the violent crimes in South Carolina?

Violent crimes in South Carolina was 21,590 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 10.5% from 2024. That is the 19th highest of 51 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

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

What was the highest violent crimes in South Carolina?

37,756 in 1994, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

Violent crimes elsewhere in United States

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