County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Aiken County, SC
At 168,808 residents, Aiken County is a large county in South Carolina. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Aiken County, SC reported 178 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Aiken County, SC agencies reported 301 violent and 2,058 property offenses. That equals about 178 violent and 1219 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
301 violent offenses
178/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Aiken County, SC
Position in the state cohort
Aiken County sits mid-pack among comparable South Carolina counties
At 178.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Aiken County ranks 31 of 43 — above 12 of the 42 other South Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -34.1% against the cohort median of 270.4. Counties 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 12.8% of the 2,359 Part I offenses reported in Aiken County for 2024, against a median of 21.9% across comparable South Carolina counties — a gap of 9.1 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.
On a large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
2,058
Burglary
488
Larceny-Theft
1,277
Motor Vehicle Theft
293
Arson
16
Violent Crime
301
Murder
8
Rape
31
Robbery
23
Aggravated Assault
239
Reporting Agency
Aiken County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Aiken County's crime figures on this page originate from Aiken County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Counties in South Carolina
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.
County Table 10 totals are voluntary agency filings: incomplete coverage is not a county crime measure, and a countywide figure is not a neighbourhood verdict.