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Greenwood County Crime Statistics South Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 4,047 crimes in Greenwood County, South Carolina. With a population of 69,658, there was 1 crime for every 17.2 people in the county. Out of the 4,047 crimes reported, 3,379 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 668 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	4	5.74
Rape	21	30.15
Robbery	47	67.47
Assault	596	855.61
Burglary	739	1060.90
Larceny	2,463	3535.85
Vehicle	176	252.66
Arson	1	1.4

The 2007 crime rate was 5,809.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A -4.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (6,086.6 incidents). There were 959.0 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -12.9% change (from 1,102.3 incidents). Property crimes changed -2.6% from (4,984.3) the previous year to 4,850.8 per 100,000 people.

Greenwood County ranks #32 for violent crimes and #34 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,794 and #2,794 for violent and property related offenses respectively in the nation.

A snapshot of the most current crime statistics are shown in the chart to the left and historical criminal data is shown in the charts below.

Greenwood County Criminal Records
Greenwood County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	5	7.2	37	53.2	76	109.2	649	932.8
2005	2	2.9	23	33.3	61	88.4	575	833.6
2004	3	4.4	35	50.8	46	66.8	589	855.1
2003	4	5.8	36	52.4	58	84.5	611	889.9
2002	5	7.3	24	35.1	71	103.8	578	845.2
2001	6	8.9	29	42.9	84	124.2	672	993.3
2000	1	1.5	29	43.4	95	142.2	744	1113.7
1999	2	3.1	25	38.5	87	134.0	803	1236.8
1998	4	6.1	28	43.0	123	189.0	932	1432.4
1997	4	6.3	41	64.6	93	146.5	1,022	1610.0
1996	10	16.0	32	51.2	101	161.7	993	1590.0
1995	4	6.5	25	40.3	92	148.4	844	1361.0
1994	3	4.8	45	72.5	114	183.8	744	1199.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	780	1121.0	2,518	3618.9	169	242.9	1	1.4
2005	650	942.3	2,666	3864.9	186	269.6	1	1.4
2004	582	845.0	2,401	3485.9	130	188.7	2	2.9
2003	647	942.3	2,339	3406.5	168	244.7	1	1.5
2002	530	775.0	1,952	2854.2	129	188.6	1	1.5
2001	508	750.9	1,875	2771.5	127	187.7	1	1.5
2000	651	974.5	2,182	3266.2	151	226.0	1	1.5
1999	634	976.5	2,207	3399.4	130	200.2	1	1.5
1998	952	1463.2	2,256	3467.4	189	290.5	1	1.5
1997	1,009	1589.5	2,477	3902.1	232	365.5	1	1.6
1996	949	1519.6	2,244	3593.2	362	579.7	0	0.0
1995	946	1525.5	2,388	3850.7	198	319.3	1	1.6
1994	836	1347.6	1,935	3119.1	119	191.8	0	0.0

*Crime Rate is based on number of reported cases per 100,000 population