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North Charleston Crime Rate Report (South Carolina)

North Charleston crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 19 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in North Charleston for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2019.

The city violent crime rate for North Charleston in 2019 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 154.62% and the city property crime rate in North Charleston was higher than the national property crime rate average by 185.28%.

In 2019 the city violent crime rate in North Charleston was higher than the violent crime rate in South Carolina by 88.96% and the city property crime rate in North Charleston was higher than the property crime rate in South Carolina by 104.72%.

Property and Violent Crime
North Charleston Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
North Charleston Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

North Charleston Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2019 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault756
Arson14
Burglary853
Larceny and Theft5,123
Motor Vehicle Theft965
Murder and Manslaughter26
Rape103
Robbery229
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)8,365
Property Crime6,941
Violent Crime1,114
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault878
Arson14
Burglary802
Larceny and Theft5,567
Motor Vehicle Theft1,068
Murder and Manslaughter50
Rape137
Robbery321
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)8,849
Property Crime7,425
Violent Crime1,387

Property and Violent Crime Totals

North Charleston Property Crime

North Charleston Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

North Charleston Crime 2019

North Charleston Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

North Charleston Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

North Charleston Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this North Charleston, 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 and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the North Charleston 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 2019.

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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