Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bluffton, SC Crime Grade
How Bluffton grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of South Carolina — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
South Carolina
1/10
vs. South Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bluffton, SC was 59.8 per 100,000 residents (23 incidents over a population of 38,446). That puts Bluffton Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 82% below the South Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Bluffton (red), South Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bluffton vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 78.6(24) | 97.0(35) | 94.6(36) | 121.3(46) | 59.8(23) |
| Murder | 3.3(1) | 2.8(1) | 2.6(1) | 5.3(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 9.8(3) | 11.1(4) | 5.3(2) | 15.8(6) | 10.4(4) |
| Robbery | 13.1(4) | 11.1(4) | 10.5(4) | 21.1(8) | 2.6(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 52.4(16) | 72.1(26) | 76.2(29) | 79.1(30) | 46.8(18) |
| Property crime | 730.7(223) | 593.4(214) | 953.7(363) | 827.9(314) | 707.5(272) |
| Burglary | 121.2(37) | 83.2(30) | 128.7(49) | 65.9(25) | 104.0(40) |
| Larceny | 534.1(163) | 446.4(161) | 701.5(267) | 682.9(259) | 528.0(203) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 75.4(23) | 58.2(21) | 118.2(45) | 76.5(29) | 75.4(29) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Bluffton's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to South Carolina cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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