Simpsonville, SC carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 39% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Simpsonville, SC shows violent crime at 214.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,607.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 39% 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
214.1/100K violent
2607.8/100K property
-39% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Simpsonville, SC
Comparable rate records
Simpsonville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the South Carolina cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Simpsonville's 214.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are New Ellenton (212.1), Landrum (216.7), South Congaree (209.3), Mauldin (219.3). 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 348.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 214.1 in 2024 (-38.6%). The highest observed value was 372.0 in 2021 and the lowest 214.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Simpsonville reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable South Carolina cities
At 214.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Simpsonville ranks 112 of 149 — above 37 of the 148 other South Carolina cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -48.9% 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 7.6% of the 817 Part I offenses reported in Simpsonville for 2024, against a median of 15.0% across comparable South Carolina cities — a gap of 7.4 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 89.4% of reported property offenses in Simpsonville, against a cohort median of 80.3%. The remainder is burglary (41) and motor vehicle theft (39). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Simpsonville'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.
Simpsonville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 9.7 Census sq mi, Simpsonville logged 77.8 property and 6.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Simpsonville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (83% of 817 offenses; mix index 6,905).
Violent offenses are only 8% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (9.7 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
-12.9%
245.8 → 214.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-5.8%
2767 → 2607.8/100K
Property offenses lead Simpsonville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
755
2607.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
675
2331.4
-
Burglary
41
141.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
39
134.7
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
62
214.1
352
Aggravated Assault
43
148.5
-
Rape
13
44.9
-
Robbery
6
20.7
-
Murder
0
0
-
Simpsonville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Simpsonville 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
Simpsonville Police Department
Reporting agency for Simpsonville NIBRS-participating
Simpsonville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Simpsonville's 817 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 Simpsonville in population. Their populations run from 22,478 to 33,221, against 28,952 here. Or use our
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Simpsonville at 214.1/100K violent and 2,607.8/100K property - matched below outside South Carolina (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Simpsonville reported 62 violent crimes and 755 property crimes, for a total of 817 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Simpsonville?
From 2023 to 2024, Simpsonville's violent crime rate decreased by 12.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 5.8%.
What is the most common crime in Simpsonville?
The most common crime type in Simpsonville is larceny-theft, accounting for 82.6% of all reported crimes (675 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Simpsonville 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 Simpsonville, SC rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.