Moncks Corner, SC carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 5% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Moncks Corner, SC shows violent crime at 336.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,022 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 5% 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
336.1/100K violent
2022/100K property
-5% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Moncks Corner, SC
Comparable rate records
Moncks Corner's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the South Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Moncks Corner's 336.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Folly Beach (335.9), St. Matthews (329.3), Greer (343.9), Saluda (327.4). 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 461.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 336.1 in 2024 (-27.1%). The highest observed value was 611.2 in 2022 and the lowest 336.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 71.2% of reported property offenses in Moncks Corner, against a cohort median of 80.6%. The remainder is burglary (82) and motor vehicle theft (22). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Moncks Corner sits mid-pack among comparable South Carolina cities
At 336.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Moncks Corner ranks 87 of 149 — above 62 of the 148 other South Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -19.8% 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 Moncks Corner'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.
Moncks Corner's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 11.5 Census sq mi, Moncks Corner logged 31.4 property and 5.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Moncks Corner's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (61% of 421 offenses; mix index 4,266).
Violent offenses are only 14% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (11.5 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-19.5%
417.6 → 336.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-20.3%
2536.4 → 2022/100K
Property offenses lead Moncks Corner's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
361
2022
1711
Larceny-Theft
257
1439.5
-
Burglary
82
459.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
22
123.2
-
Arson
1
5.6
-
Violent Crime
60
336.1
352
Aggravated Assault
48
268.8
-
Robbery
6
33.6
-
Rape
4
22.4
-
Murder
2
11.2
-
Moncks Corner Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Moncks Corner 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
Moncks Corner Police Department
Reporting agency for Moncks Corner NIBRS-participating
Moncks Corner Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Moncks Corner's 421 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 Moncks Corner in population. Their populations run from 13,740 to 20,790, against 17,854 here. Or use our
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Moncks Corner at 336.1/100K violent and 2,022/100K property - matched below outside South Carolina (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Moncks Corner reported 60 violent crimes and 361 property crimes, for a total of 421 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Moncks Corner?
From 2023 to 2024, Moncks Corner's violent crime rate decreased by 19.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 20.3%.
What is the most common crime in Moncks Corner?
The most common crime type in Moncks Corner is larceny-theft, accounting for 61.0% of all reported crimes (257 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Moncks Corner 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 Moncks Corner, SC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.