Barnwell, SC carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 243% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Barnwell, SC shows violent crime at 1,207.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,381.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 243% 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
1207.7/100K violent
3381.6/100K property
+243% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Barnwell, SC
Position in the state cohort
Barnwell reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable South Carolina cities
At 1207.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Barnwell ranks 18 of 149 — above 131 of the 148 other South Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +191.3% 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.
Comparable rate records
Barnwell's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the South Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Barnwell's 1207.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Kingstree (1191.7), Santee (1240.7), Orangeburg (1246.2), Cheraw (1163.7). 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 2405.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 1207.7 in 2024 (-49.8%). The highest observed value was 2405.1 in 2020 and the lowest 640.9 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 26.3% of the 209 Part I offenses reported in Barnwell for 2024, against a median of 14.9% across comparable South Carolina cities — a gap of 11.4 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.
Property counts dominate Barnwell'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.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Barnwell's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 7.8 Census sq mi, Barnwell logged 19.6 property and 7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Barnwell's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (62% of 209 offenses; mix index 4,392).
Violent offenses are 26% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (7.8 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
+48.8%
811.6 → 1207.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-38.1%
5461.7 → 3381.6/100K
Property offenses lead Barnwell's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs SC
Property Crime
154
3381.6
1711
1988.2
Larceny-Theft
129
2832.7
-
-
Burglary
19
417.2
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
6
131.8
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
55
1207.7
352
439.3
Aggravated Assault
46
1010.1
-
-
Robbery
4
87.8
-
-
Rape
3
65.9
-
-
Murder
2
43.9
-
-
Barnwell Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Barnwell 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
Barnwell Police Department
Reporting agency for Barnwell NIBRS-participating
Barnwell Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Barnwell's 209 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 Barnwell in population. Their populations run from 4,239 to 4,984, against 4,554 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Barnwell reported 55 violent crimes and 154 property crimes, for a total of 209 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Barnwell?
From 2023 to 2024, Barnwell's violent crime rate increased by 48.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 38.1%.
What is the most common crime in Barnwell?
The most common crime type in Barnwell is larceny-theft, accounting for 61.7% of all reported crimes (129 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Barnwell is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Barnwell, SC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.