Dillon, SC is among the highest-crime cities in the country, and earns an F PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 574% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Dillon, SC shows violent crime at 2,371.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 6,666.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 574% 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
2371.8/100K violent
6666.7/100K property
+574% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Dillon, SC
Position in the state cohort
Dillon reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable South Carolina cities
At 2371.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Dillon ranks 3 of 149 — above 146 of the 148 other South Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +472.0% 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
Dillon's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the South Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Dillon's 2371.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Hemingway (2375.8), Allendale (2263.4), Estill (2168.9), Atlantic Beach (2093.0). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 26.2% of the 564 Part I offenses reported in Dillon for 2024, against a median of 14.9% across comparable South Carolina cities — a gap of 11.3 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window close to where it started
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 2411.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 2371.8 in 2024 (-1.7%). The highest observed value was 3141.5 in 2021 and the lowest 1904.9 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Dillon'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.
Dillon's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.3 Census sq mi, Dillon logged 78.3 property and 27.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Dillon's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (57% of 564 offenses; mix index 4,061).
Violent offenses are 26% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.3 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+24.5%
1904.9 → 2371.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
+27.8%
5218.5 → 6666.7/100K
Property offenses lead Dillon's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs SC
Property Crime
416
6666.7
1711
1988.2
Larceny-Theft
323
5176.3
-
-
Burglary
64
1025.6
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
29
464.7
-
-
Arson
4
64.1
-
-
Violent Crime
148
2371.8
352
439.3
Aggravated Assault
141
2259.6
-
-
Robbery
5
80.1
-
-
Rape
2
32.1
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Dillon Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Dillon 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 averagesRead the chart as a list
Dillon: 2372 violent, 6667 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Marion: 882 violent, 5308 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Bennettsville: 995 violent, 3561 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Darlington: 1131 violent, 5887 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Lake City: 1802 violent, 4750 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Lyman: 203 violent, 755 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Walterboro: 1006 violent, 5380 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Central: 56 violent, 1255 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Batesburg-Leesville: 772 violent, 2769 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Dillon Police Department
Reporting agency for Dillon NIBRS-participating
Dillon Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Dillon's 564 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 Dillon in population. Their populations run from 5,309 to 6,886, against 6,240 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Dillon reported 148 violent crimes and 416 property crimes, for a total of 564 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Dillon?
From 2023 to 2024, Dillon's violent crime rate increased by 24.5%, and the property crime rate increased by 27.8%.
What is the most common crime in Dillon?
The most common crime type in Dillon is larceny-theft, accounting for 57.3% of all reported crimes (323 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Dillon 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 Dillon, SC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.