County crime profile · 2024 · mid-size county · property-led

Williamsburg County, SC

Williamsburg County (31,026 people) sits in the mid-size county band in South Carolina. This page opens with reported offense counts, then rates where a Census join exists.

Data updated 2026-09-05

494
Property offenses
125
Violent offenses
619
Total · 2024

Williamsburg County, SC reported 403 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Williamsburg County, SC agencies reported 125 violent and 494 property offenses. That equals about 403 violent and 1592 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
  • 125 violent offenses
  • 403/100K violent rate

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Williamsburg County, SC

Position in the state cohort

Williamsburg County sits mid-pack among comparable South Carolina counties

At 402.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Williamsburg County ranks 13 of 43 — above 30 of the 42 other South Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +62.7% against the cohort median of 247.7. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.

2021–2024 direction

The reported violent-crime rate ended the window close to where it started

Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 406.1 per 100,000 in 2021 to 402.9 in 2024 (-0.8%). The highest observed value was 564.0 in 2023 and the lowest 322.3 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

Mid-size county rows still aggregate voluntary UCR submissions. Per-100,000 rates need a matched 2020 Census population; unmatched stay count-only. County-wide totals rarely describe any single town inside the line.

Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · mid-size county

Category Count
Property Crime 494
Burglary 98
Larceny-Theft 316
Motor Vehicle Theft 80
Arson 6
Violent Crime 125
Murder 1
Rape 8
Robbery 4
Aggravated Assault 112

Reporting Agency

Williamsburg County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating

Williamsburg County's crime figures on this page originate from Williamsburg 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

A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the South Carolina counties closest to Williamsburg County in population. Their populations run from 28,292 to 32,294, against 31,026 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.

Nationwide peers for Williamsburg County

Similar violent rate (~403/100K)

Similar property rate (~1,592/100K)

ZIP Codes in Williamsburg County

State atlas: South Carolina · Compare · Rankings

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.

Put this to use

Use the Williamsburg County, SC FBI UCR county record to open cities inside the county, compare the state file, or look up another place.

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.

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