North Charleston, SC Crime Rate & Safety

FBI UCR Data Snapshot: North Charleston, SC

North Charleston, SC — reporting population 123,511 in 2024 — recorded 1,001 violent crimes and 4,886 property crimes in the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program's Table 8 city-level submissions. The city's violent crime rate works out to 810.5 per 100,000 residents, while the property crime rate reaches 3955.9 per 100,000. Combining those two rates against national benchmarks yields a composite safety grade of F (High Risk), scoring 0 out of 100.

Within the violent crime count, aggravated assault accounted for 716 incidents, robbery 189, murder 21, and rape 75 in 2024. Property crime splits into larceny-theft (3,836), burglary (400), motor vehicle theft (650), and arson (6). Larceny-theft and other property offenses typically dominate city crime counts, and larceny-theft leads North Charleston's mix at 65.2% of all Part I offenses.

Against the national violent crime average, North Charleston runs 1048% above the US benchmark, and 11479% above the South Carolina statewide rate. Translated to per-capita risk, the 2024 figures imply roughly a 1 in 21 statistical chance of being named in a crime report that year, narrowing to 1 in 123 for a violent offense. UCR figures reflect offenses reported to and submitted by local law enforcement and may undercount unreported crime.