Kingstree, SC is among the highest-crime cities in the country, and earns an F PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 239% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Kingstree, SC shows violent crime at 1,191.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 7,580.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 239% 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
1191.7/100K violent
7580.3/100K property
+239% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Kingstree, SC
Position in the state cohort
Kingstree reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable South Carolina cities
At 1191.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Kingstree ranks 19 of 149 — above 130 of the 148 other South Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +187.4% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 790.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 1191.7 in 2024 (+50.7%). The highest observed value was 1191.7 in 2024 and the lowest 507.1 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
Kingstree's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the South Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Kingstree's 1191.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Barnwell (1207.7), Cheraw (1163.7), Santee (1240.7), Orangeburg (1246.2). 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.
Property counts dominate Kingstree'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.
Kingstree's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 3.2 Census sq mi, Kingstree logged 72 property and 11.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Kingstree's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (69% of 265 offenses; mix index 5,148).
Violent offenses are only 14% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (3.2 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
+25.1%
952.7 → 1191.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
+14.2%
6636 → 7580.3/100K
Property offenses lead Kingstree's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs SC
Property Crime
229
7580.3
1711
1988.2
Larceny-Theft
184
6090.7
-
-
Burglary
37
1224.8
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
8
264.8
-
-
Arson
2
66.2
-
-
Violent Crime
36
1191.7
352
439.3
Aggravated Assault
29
959.9
-
-
Rape
4
132.4
-
-
Robbery
2
66.2
-
-
Murder
1
33.1
-
-
Kingstree Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Kingstree property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Kingstree Police Department
Reporting agency for Kingstree NIBRS-participating
Kingstree Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Kingstree's 265 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 Kingstree in population. Their populations run from 2,769 to 3,235, against 3,021 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Kingstree reported 36 violent crimes and 229 property crimes, for a total of 265 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Kingstree?
From 2023 to 2024, Kingstree's violent crime rate increased by 25.1%, and the property crime rate increased by 14.2%.
What is the most common crime in Kingstree?
The most common crime type in Kingstree is larceny-theft, accounting for 69.4% of all reported crimes (184 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Kingstree 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 Kingstree, SC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.