Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Myrtle Beach, SC Crime Grade
How Myrtle Beach 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
10/10
vs. South Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Myrtle Beach, SC was 1096.6 per 100,000 residents (458 incidents over a population of 41,764). That puts Myrtle Beach Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 237% above the South Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Myrtle Beach (red), South Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Myrtle Beach 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 | 1245.1(455) | 1044.2(398) | 1007.5(400) | 1121.3(460) | 1096.6(458) |
| Murder | 24.6(9) | 15.7(6) | 2.5(1) | 12.2(5) | 2.4(1) |
| Rape | 183.3(67) | 204.6(78) | 133.5(53) | 192.6(79) | 124.5(52) |
| Robbery | 257.2(94) | 170.5(65) | 171.3(68) | 173.1(71) | 143.7(60) |
| Aggravated assault | 779.9(285) | 653.3(249) | 700.2(278) | 743.5(305) | 826.1(345) |
| Property crime | 8395.6(3,068) | 6739.8(2,569) | 5918.9(2,350) | 5701.8(2,339) | 5375.4(2,245) |
| Burglary | 725.2(265) | 571.9(218) | 382.8(152) | 451.0(185) | 296.9(124) |
| Larceny | 6822.1(2,493) | 5624.8(2,144) | 5027.3(1,996) | 4826.7(1,980) | 4719.4(1,971) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 821.0(300) | 524.7(200) | 491.1(195) | 394.9(162) | 344.8(144) |
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: Myrtle Beach'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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