Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Greenville, SC Crime Grade
How Greenville 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
South Carolina
7/10
vs. South Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Greenville, SC was 465.9 per 100,000 residents (350 incidents over a population of 75,127). That puts Greenville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 43% above the South Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
That ranks Greenville #3,204 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 15% of them, and #28 of 41 in South Carolina. Violent crime is down 28% year over year and down 32% over the last five years.
Greenville, SC crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- South Carolina Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 465.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,204 of 3,771
- SC rank
- #28 of 41
- Safer than
- 15% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 28%
- 5-year change
- down 32%
- Population
- 75,127
- Reporting agency
- Greenville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Greenville Police Department (FBI ORI SC0230200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Greenville, SC
Also known as
- Greenville Courthouse
- Pleasantville
- Greenville Court House
- Pleasantburg
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. Greenville (red), South Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Greenville 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 | 684.3(504) | 542.9(398) | 614.0(448) | 649.8(477) | 465.9(350) |
| Murder | 10.9(8) | 5.5(4) | 6.9(5) | 9.5(7) | 2.7(2) |
| Rape | 48.9(36) | 32.7(24) | 34.3(25) | 35.4(26) | 42.6(32) |
| Robbery | 95.0(70) | 76.4(56) | 86.3(63) | 64.0(47) | 65.2(49) |
| Aggravated assault | 529.5(390) | 428.3(314) | 486.6(355) | 540.8(397) | 355.4(267) |
| Property crime | 3599.3(2,651) | 3681.6(2,699) | 3759.5(2,743) | 3480.7(2,555) | 2860.5(2,149) |
| Burglary | 384.2(283) | 372.4(273) | 396.1(289) | 306.5(225) | 225.0(169) |
| Larceny | 2849.8(2,099) | 2940.9(2,156) | 2957.7(2,158) | 2866.3(2,104) | 2419.9(1,818) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 357.1(263) | 361.5(265) | 387.9(283) | 305.2(224) | 201.0(151) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Greenville, 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 Greenville 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 Greenville calculated?
- Greenville'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 Greenville 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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