Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
North Charleston, SC Crime Grade
How North Charleston 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 North Charleston, SC was 666.4 per 100,000 residents (858 incidents over a population of 128,751). That puts North Charleston Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 105% above the South Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. North Charleston (red), South Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
North Charleston 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 | 1027.6(1,244) | 948.8(1,131) | 926.2(1,113) | 815.3(1,007) | 666.4(858) |
| Murder | 29.7(36) | 26.8(32) | 25.0(30) | 17.0(21) | 10.9(14) |
| Rape | 71.0(86) | 73.8(88) | 69.9(84) | 64.8(80) | 58.3(75) |
| Robbery | 211.5(256) | 191.3(228) | 137.3(165) | 153.0(189) | 104.1(134) |
| Aggravated assault | 715.3(866) | 656.9(783) | 694.1(834) | 580.5(717) | 493.2(635) |
| Property crime | 5084.3(6,155) | 4844.9(5,775) | 4791.0(5,757) | 3981.0(4,917) | 3431.4(4,418) |
| Burglary | 473.3(573) | 474.8(566) | 402.0(483) | 324.7(401) | 304.5(392) |
| Larceny | 3974.1(4,811) | 3755.9(4,477) | 3666.7(4,406) | 3124.4(3,859) | 2793.8(3,597) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 625.3(757) | 594.0(708) | 703.2(845) | 527.1(651) | 322.3(415) |
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: North Charleston'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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