Safest counties for violent crime rate in South Carolina

Top 25 of 46 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in South Carolina
Rank	County	Value
1	Edgefield	64.9 per 100k
2	McCormick	162.2 per 100k
3	Pickens	231.3 per 100k
4	Saluda	252.2 per 100k
5	Dorchester	283.6 per 100k
6	York	305.7 per 100k
7	Cherokee	316.9 per 100k
8	Calhoun	317.2 per 100k
9	Beaufort	323.2 per 100k
10	Lancaster	335.9 per 100k
11	Oconee	337.1 per 100k
12	Aiken	342.4 per 100k
13	Berkeley	358.8 per 100k
14	Abbeville	394.6 per 100k
15	Horry	409.0 per 100k
16	Newberry	432.4 per 100k
17	Greenville	432.9 per 100k
18	Anderson	444.2 per 100k
19	Kershaw	450.2 per 100k
20	Georgetown	452.7 per 100k
21	Lexington	459.8 per 100k
22	Union	471.9 per 100k
23	Charleston	496.2 per 100k
24	Greenwood	500.7 per 100k
25	Laurens	547.6 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks South Carolina counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in South Carolina (2026)

Safest counties for violent crime rate in South Carolina

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