Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Sumter, SC Crime Grade
How Sumter 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 Sumter, SC was 707.3 per 100,000 residents (303 incidents over a population of 42,838). That puts Sumter Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 117% above the South Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Sumter (red), South Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Sumter 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 | 877.2(345) | 847.2(361) | 876.7(372) | 1090.5(464) | 707.3(303) |
| Murder | 17.8(7) | 11.7(5) | 33.0(14) | 25.9(11) | 9.3(4) |
| Rape | 17.8(7) | 23.5(10) | 16.5(7) | 23.5(10) | 18.7(8) |
| Robbery | 94.1(37) | 56.3(24) | 106.1(45) | 65.8(28) | 72.4(31) |
| Aggravated assault | 747.6(294) | 755.6(322) | 721.2(306) | 975.3(415) | 606.9(260) |
| Property crime | 3447.9(1,356) | 3158.7(1,346) | 3940.6(1,672) | 3708.5(1,578) | 2735.9(1,172) |
| Burglary | 541.6(213) | 422.4(180) | 417.2(177) | 343.1(146) | 326.8(140) |
| Larceny | 2664.8(1,048) | 2459.3(1,048) | 3158.1(1,340) | 2862.4(1,218) | 2093.9(897) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 233.9(92) | 265.2(113) | 341.7(145) | 491.2(209) | 310.5(133) |
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: Sumter'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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