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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 25 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 2025.

The city violent crime rate for North Charleston in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 103.4% and the city property crime rate in North Charleston was higher than the national property crime rate average by 122.86%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in North Charleston was higher than the violent crime rate in South Carolina by 71.93% and the city property crime rate in North Charleston was higher than the property crime rate in South Carolina by 104.07%.

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

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault635
Arson14
Burglary392
Larceny and Theft3,597
Motor Vehicle Theft415
Murder and Manslaughter14
Rape75
Robbery134
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)5,828
Property Crime4,404
Violent Crime858
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault806
Arson15
Burglary285
Larceny and Theft3,837
Motor Vehicle Theft601
Murder and Manslaughter22
Rape77
Robbery142
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)6,146
Property Crime4,722
Violent Crime1,046

Property and Violent Crime Totals

North Charleston Property Crime

North Charleston Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

North Charleston Crime 2025

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 found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the North Charleston crime report data for 2026 was projected from 25 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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