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Lake City Crime Rate Report (South Carolina)

Lake City crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 19 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Lake City for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Lake City in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 459.86% and the city property crime rate in Lake City was higher than the national property crime rate average by 144.55%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Lake City was higher than the violent crime rate in South Carolina by 373.24% and the city property crime rate in Lake City was higher than the property crime rate in South Carolina by 123.92%.

Property and Violent Crime
Lake City Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Lake City Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Lake City Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault91
Arson0
Burglary33
Larceny and Theft172
Motor Vehicle Theft16
Murder and Manslaughter6
Rape5
Robbery6
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)343
Property Crime221
Violent Crime108
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault106
Arson2
Burglary18
Larceny and Theft116
Motor Vehicle Theft18
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape4
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)274
Property Crime152
Violent Crime112

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Lake City Property Crime

Lake City Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Lake City Crime 2025

Lake City Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Lake City Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Lake City Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Lake City, 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 Lake City crime report data for 2026 was projected from 19 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

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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