Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Port Royal, SC Crime Grade
How Port Royal 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
South Carolina
2/10
vs. South Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Port Royal, SC was 140.9 per 100,000 residents (24 incidents over a population of 17,030). That puts Port Royal 57% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 57% below the South Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
That ranks Port Royal #1,539 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 59% of them, and #6 of 41 in South Carolina. Violent crime is up 4% year over year and down 56% over the last five years.
Port Royal, SC crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- South Carolina Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 140.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,539 of 3,771
- SC rank
- #6 of 41
- Safer than
- 59% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 4%
- 5-year change
- down 56%
- Population
- 17,030
- Reporting agency
- Port Royal Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Port Royal Police Department (FBI ORI SC0070300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Port Royal, SC
Also known as
- Saint Ellens
- Port Royall
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. Port Royal (red), South Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Port Royal 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 | 320.6(48) | 260.6(35) | 154.0(25) | 135.8(23) | 140.9(24) |
| Murder | 6.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 46.8(7) | 37.2(5) | 24.6(4) | 41.3(7) | 29.4(5) |
| Robbery | 46.8(7) | 37.2(5) | 18.5(3) | 5.9(1) | 5.9(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 220.4(33) | 186.2(25) | 110.9(18) | 88.6(15) | 105.7(18) |
| Property crime | 1302.6(195) | 1250.9(168) | 1232.3(200) | 1228.5(208) | 1332.9(227) |
| Burglary | 153.6(23) | 119.1(16) | 98.6(16) | 106.3(18) | 129.2(22) |
| Larceny | 1075.5(161) | 1012.7(136) | 1072.1(174) | 1069.0(181) | 1115.7(190) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 73.5(11) | 119.1(16) | 55.5(9) | 53.2(9) | 88.1(15) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Port Royal, 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 Port Royal 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 Port Royal calculated?
- Port Royal'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 Port Royal 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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