County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Cherokee County, SC
At 56,216 residents, Cherokee 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).
Cherokee County, SC reported 212 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Cherokee County, SC agencies reported 119 violent and 604 property offenses. That equals about 212 violent and 1074 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
119 violent offenses
212/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Cherokee County, SC
Position in the state cohort
Cherokee County sits mid-pack among comparable South Carolina counties
At 211.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Cherokee County ranks 27 of 43 — above 16 of the 42 other South Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -21.7% 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 16.5% of the 723 Part I offenses reported in Cherokee County for 2024, against a median of 21.9% across comparable South Carolina counties — a gap of 5.4 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.
2021–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 224.1 per 100,000 in 2021 to 211.7 in 2024 (-5.6%). The highest observed value was 272.2 in 2022 and the lowest 204.6 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
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
604
Burglary
134
Larceny-Theft
363
Motor Vehicle Theft
107
Arson
4
Violent Crime
119
Murder
5
Rape
12
Robbery
9
Aggravated Assault
93
Reporting Agency
Cherokee County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Cherokee County's crime figures on this page originate from Cherokee 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.