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Chester Crime Rate Report (South Carolina)

Chester crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 18 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Chester for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2024.

The city violent crime rate for Chester in 2024 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 328.28% and the city property crime rate in Chester was higher than the national property crime rate average by 86.3%.

In 2024 the city violent crime rate in Chester was higher than the violent crime rate in South Carolina by 255.86% and the city property crime rate in Chester was higher than the property crime rate in South Carolina by 66.9%.

Property and Violent Crime
Chester Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Chester Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Chester Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2024 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault67
Arson0
Burglary30
Larceny and Theft124
Motor Vehicle Theft17
Murder and Manslaughter4
Rape6
Robbery4
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)282
Property Crime171
Violent Crime81
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault96
Arson1
Burglary0
Larceny and Theft88
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Murder and Manslaughter5
Rape6
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)212
Property Crime101
Violent Crime106

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Chester Property Crime

Chester Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Chester Crime 2024

Chester Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Chester Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Chester Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Chester, South Carolina crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Chester crime report data for 2026 was projected from 18 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2024.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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