Batesburg-Leesville, SC is among the highest-crime cities in the country, and earns an F PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 119% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Batesburg-Leesville, SC shows violent crime at 772.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,768.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 119% 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
772.3/100K violent
2768.9/100K property
+119% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Batesburg-Leesville, SC
Comparable rate records
Batesburg-Leesville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the South Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Batesburg-Leesville's 772.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are West Union (771.2), Columbia (769.9), Pamplico (760.5), West Columbia (747.7). 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 553.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 772.3 in 2024 (+39.5%). The highest observed value was 772.3 in 2024 and the lowest 474.7 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Batesburg-Leesville sits mid-pack among comparable South Carolina cities
At 772.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Batesburg-Leesville ranks 43 of 149 — above 106 of the 148 other South Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +86.3% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 21.8% of the 188 Part I offenses reported in Batesburg-Leesville for 2024, against a median of 14.9% across comparable South Carolina cities — a gap of 6.9 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-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 91.2% of reported property offenses in Batesburg-Leesville, against a cohort median of 80.3%. The remainder is burglary (7) and motor vehicle theft (6). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Batesburg-Leesville'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.
Batesburg-Leesville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 8.2 Census sq mi, Batesburg-Leesville logged 17.9 property and 5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Batesburg-Leesville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (71% of 188 offenses; mix index 5,476).
Violent offenses are 22% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (8.2 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
+62.7%
474.7 → 772.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
+14.8%
2411.2 → 2768.9/100K
Property offenses lead Batesburg-Leesville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
147
2768.9
1711
Larceny-Theft
134
2524
-
Burglary
7
131.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
6
113
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
41
772.3
352
Aggravated Assault
36
678.1
-
Rape
4
75.3
-
Robbery
1
18.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Batesburg-Leesville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Batesburg-Leesville 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
Batesburg-Leesville Police Department
Reporting agency for Batesburg-Leesville NIBRS-participating
Batesburg-Leesville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Batesburg-Leesville's 188 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
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How many crimes were reported in Batesburg-Leesville?
In 2024, Batesburg-Leesville reported 41 violent crimes and 147 property crimes, for a total of 188 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Batesburg-Leesville?
From 2023 to 2024, Batesburg-Leesville's violent crime rate increased by 62.7%, and the property crime rate increased by 14.8%.
What is the most common crime in Batesburg-Leesville?
The most common crime type in Batesburg-Leesville is larceny-theft, accounting for 71.3% of all reported crimes (134 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Batesburg-Leesville 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 Batesburg-Leesville, SC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.