Anderson, SC carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 59% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Anderson, SC shows violent crime at 560.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 5,704.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 59% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
560.5/100K violent
5704.8/100K property
+59% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Anderson, SC
Comparable rate records
Anderson's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the South Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Anderson's 560.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Williston (561.2), Yemassee (556.6), Springdale (552.7), Aiken (568.9). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 729.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 560.5 in 2024 (-23.2%). The highest observed value was 1034.8 in 2021 and the lowest 560.5 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 8.9% of the 1,889 Part I offenses reported in Anderson for 2024, against a median of 15.0% across comparable South Carolina cities — a gap of 6.1 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
Anderson sits mid-pack among comparable South Carolina cities
At 560.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Anderson ranks 63 of 149 — above 86 of the 148 other South Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +35.2% against the cohort median of 414.6. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Anderson's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Anderson's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 16 Census sq mi, Anderson logged 107.4 property and 10.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Anderson's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (77% of 1,889 offenses; mix index 6,133).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (16 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-7.8%
608.2 → 560.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
+2.7%
5554.3 → 5704.8/100K
Property offenses lead Anderson's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs SC
Property Crime
1,720
5704.8
1711
1988.2
Larceny-Theft
1,461
4845.8
-
-
Burglary
146
484.2
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
113
374.8
-
-
Arson
15
49.8
-
-
Violent Crime
169
560.5
352
439.3
Aggravated Assault
138
457.7
-
-
Rape
17
56.4
-
-
Robbery
13
43.1
-
-
Murder
1
3.3
-
-
Anderson Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Anderson property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Anderson Police Department
Reporting agency for Anderson NIBRS-participating
Anderson Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Anderson's 1,889 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in South Carolina
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the South Carolina cities closest to Anderson in population. Their populations run from 25,359 to 37,027, against 30,150 here. Or use our
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Anderson at 560.5/100K violent and 5,704.8/100K property - matched below outside South Carolina (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Anderson reported 169 violent crimes and 1,720 property crimes, for a total of 1,889 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Anderson?
From 2023 to 2024, Anderson's violent crime rate decreased by 7.8%, and the property crime rate increased by 2.7%.
What is the most common crime in Anderson?
The most common crime type in Anderson is larceny-theft, accounting for 77.3% of all reported crimes (1,461 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Anderson figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Anderson, SC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.