Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Columbia, SC Crime Grade
How Columbia 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
South Carolina
9/10
vs. South Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Columbia, SC was 787.0 per 100,000 residents (1,157 incidents over a population of 147,021). That puts Columbia Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 142% above the South Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Columbia (red), South Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Columbia 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 | 727.4(962) | 599.6(826) | 767.5(1,086) | 769.9(1,113) | 787.0(1,157) |
| Murder | 15.1(20) | 9.4(13) | 14.1(20) | 9.7(14) | 12.9(19) |
| Rape | 65.8(87) | 32.7(45) | 46.6(66) | 61.6(89) | 51.0(75) |
| Robbery | 133.1(176) | 73.3(101) | 107.4(152) | 107.2(155) | 68.7(101) |
| Aggravated assault | 513.4(679) | 484.1(667) | 599.3(848) | 591.5(855) | 654.3(962) |
| Property crime | 4197.2(5,551) | 2868.6(3,952) | 3501.8(4,955) | 3265.1(4,720) | 3143.8(4,622) |
| Burglary | 558.8(739) | 360.0(496) | 457.3(647) | 496.7(718) | 405.4(596) |
| Larceny | 3193.1(4,223) | 2187.0(3,013) | 2552.7(3,612) | 2370.0(3,426) | 2397.6(3,525) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 438.5(580) | 310.7(428) | 476.3(674) | 379.1(548) | 329.2(484) |
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: Columbia'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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