Greer, SC carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 2% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Greer, SC shows violent crime at 343.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,727.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 2% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
343.9/100K violent
1727.8/100K property
-2% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Greer, SC
Comparable rate records
Greer's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the South Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Greer's 343.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Moncks Corner (336.1), Folly Beach (335.9), Cowpens (356.0), Charleston (357.6). 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 279.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 343.9 in 2024 (+22.9%). The highest observed value was 343.9 in 2024 and the lowest 210.3 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
Greer sits mid-pack among comparable South Carolina cities
At 343.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Greer ranks 86 of 149 — above 63 of the 148 other South Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -17.9% against the cohort median of 418.8. 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 Greer'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.
Greer's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 23.5 Census sq mi, Greer logged 35.1 property and 7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Greer's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (68% of 988 offenses; mix index 4,948).
Violent offenses are 17% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (23.5 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
+63.5%
210.3 → 343.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
+0.4%
1721.7 → 1727.8/100K
Property offenses lead Greer's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs SC
Property Crime
824
1727.8
1988.2
Larceny-Theft
673
1411.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
91
190.8
-
Burglary
60
125.8
-
Arson
3
6.3
-
Violent Crime
164
343.9
439.3
Aggravated Assault
133
278.9
-
Rape
20
41.9
-
Robbery
10
21
-
Murder
1
2.1
-
Greer Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Greer 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
Greer Police Department
Reporting agency for Greer NIBRS-participating
Greer Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Greer's 988 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 Greer in population. Their populations run from 37,027 to 52,148, against 47,690 here. Or use our
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Greer at 343.9/100K violent and 1,727.8/100K property - matched below outside South Carolina (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Greer reported 164 violent crimes and 824 property crimes, for a total of 988 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Greer?
From 2023 to 2024, Greer's violent crime rate increased by 63.5%, and the property crime rate increased by 0.4%.
What is the most common crime in Greer?
The most common crime type in Greer is larceny-theft, accounting for 68.1% of all reported crimes (673 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Greer 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.