Mauldin, SC carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 38% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Mauldin, SC shows violent crime at 219.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,381.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 38% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
219.3/100K violent
1381.1/100K property
-38% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Mauldin, SC
Comparable rate records
Mauldin's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the South Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Mauldin's 219.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Landrum (216.7), Summerville (222.4), Simpsonville (214.1), Hanahan (225.2). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Mauldin sits mid-pack among comparable South Carolina cities
At 219.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Mauldin ranks 110 of 149 — above 39 of the 148 other South Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -47.6% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 265.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 219.3 in 2024 (-17.2%). The highest observed value was 293.5 in 2022 and the lowest 178.2 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Mauldin'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.
Mauldin's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 12.4 Census sq mi, Mauldin logged 32.5 property and 5.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Mauldin's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (65% of 467 offenses; mix index 4,554).
Violent offenses are only 14% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (12.4 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-38.1%
2230.9 → 1381.1/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+23.1%
178.2 → 219.3/100K
Property offenses lead Mauldin's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs SC
Property Crime
403
1381.1
1988.2
Larceny-Theft
303
1038.4
-
Burglary
57
195.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
43
147.4
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
64
219.3
439.3
Aggravated Assault
48
164.5
-
Robbery
8
27.4
-
Rape
6
20.6
-
Murder
2
6.9
-
Mauldin Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Mauldin 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
Mauldin Police Department
Reporting agency for Mauldin NIBRS-participating
Mauldin Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Mauldin's 467 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 Mauldin in population. Their populations run from 22,478 to 33,221, against 29,180 here. Or use our
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Mauldin at 219.3/100K violent and 1,381.1/100K property - matched below outside South Carolina (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Mauldin reported 64 violent crimes and 403 property crimes, for a total of 467 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Mauldin?
From 2023 to 2024, Mauldin's violent crime rate increased by 23.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 38.1%.
What is the most common crime in Mauldin?
The most common crime type in Mauldin is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.9% of all reported crimes (303 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Mauldin 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 Mauldin, SC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.