Florence, SC carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 129% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Florence, SC shows violent crime at 806.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,918.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 129% 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
806.7/100K violent
3918.5/100K property
+129% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Florence, SC
Comparable rate records
Florence's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the South Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Florence's 806.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Holly Hill (805.8), North Charleston (810.5), Pelion (801.3), Bishopville (815.9). 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 1463.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 806.7 in 2024 (-44.9%). The highest observed value was 1463.8 in 2020 and the lowest 806.7 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Florence sits mid-pack among comparable South Carolina cities
At 806.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Florence ranks 40 of 149 — above 109 of the 148 other South Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +94.6% 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 Florence'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.
Florence's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 24.8 Census sq mi, Florence logged 64.4 property and 13.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Florence's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (69% of 1,927 offenses; mix index 5,109).
Violent offenses are 17% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (24.8 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
-29.9%
1150.9 → 806.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-12.7%
4486.7 → 3918.5/100K
Property offenses lead Florence's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs SC
Property Crime
1,598
3918.5
1711
1988.2
Larceny-Theft
1,334
3271.1
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
139
340.8
-
-
Burglary
125
306.5
-
-
Arson
10
24.5
-
-
Violent Crime
329
806.7
352
439.3
Aggravated Assault
286
701.3
-
-
Robbery
23
56.4
-
-
Rape
14
34.3
-
-
Murder
6
14.7
-
-
Florence Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Florence 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
Florence Police Department
Reporting agency for Florence NIBRS-participating
Florence Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Florence's 1,927 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 Florence in population. Their populations run from 33,221 to 50,294, against 40,781 here. Or use our
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Florence at 806.7/100K violent and 3,918.5/100K property - matched below outside South Carolina (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Florence reported 329 violent crimes and 1,598 property crimes, for a total of 1,927 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Florence?
From 2023 to 2024, Florence's violent crime rate decreased by 29.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 12.7%.
What is the most common crime in Florence?
The most common crime type in Florence is larceny-theft, accounting for 69.2% of all reported crimes (1,334 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Florence 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 Florence, SC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.