Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fort Mill, SC Crime Grade
How Fort Mill 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
1/10
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 Fort Mill, SC was 30.2 per 100,000 residents (12 incidents over a population of 39,692). That puts Fort Mill Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 91% below the South Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
That ranks Fort Mill #244 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 94% of them, and #1 of 41 in South Carolina. Violent crime is down 34% year over year and down 55% over the last five years.
Fort Mill, SC crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- South Carolina Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 30.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #244 of 3,771
- SC rank
- #1 of 41
- Safer than
- 94% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 34%
- 5-year change
- down 55%
- Population
- 39,692
- Reporting agency
- Fort Mill Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fort Mill Police Department (FBI ORI SC0460200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fort Mill, SC
Also known as
- Fort Station
- Fort Mills
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Fort Mill (red), South Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fort Mill 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 | 66.9(18) | 70.9(22) | 81.7(28) | 45.9(17) | 30.2(12) |
| Murder | 3.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.5(1) |
| Rape | 11.1(3) | 9.7(3) | 14.6(5) | 13.5(5) | 12.6(5) |
| Robbery | 3.7(1) | 3.2(1) | 5.8(2) | 8.1(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 48.3(13) | 58.0(18) | 61.2(21) | 24.3(9) | 15.1(6) |
| Property crime | 657.4(177) | 747.8(232) | 592.0(203) | 640.1(237) | 521.5(207) |
| Burglary | 44.6(12) | 74.1(23) | 35.0(12) | 43.2(16) | 52.9(21) |
| Larceny | 538.6(145) | 602.8(187) | 489.9(168) | 559.1(207) | 451.0(179) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 66.9(18) | 64.5(20) | 67.1(23) | 35.1(13) | 17.6(7) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fort Mill, SC Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Fort Mill Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Fort Mill calculated?
- Fort Mill's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the South Carolina state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to South Carolina cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Fort Mill Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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