What is the crime rate in Barnwell, SC?

In 2025, the Barnwell Police Department reported 37 violent crimes and 123 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 809 violent and 2,689 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,574 residents it serves.

Across South Carolina the rates were 390 and 1,717.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 809
Property per 100,000: 2,689
Violent crimes: 37
Property crimes: 123

Crime reported by the Barnwell Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	37	812	249	5,462	4,559
2024	56	1,230	155	3,404	4,554
2025	37	809	123	2,689	4,574

Violent crimes reported went from 37 in 2023 to 37 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 249 in 2023 to 123 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Barnwell against South Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Barnwell	809	2,689
Barnwell County	576	1,799
South Carolina	390	1,717
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Barnwell, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Barnwell	—	809	2,689
Blackville	8.4 mi	947	2,262
Williston	12 mi	626	3,443
Denmark	14 mi	427	2,165
Allendale	16 mi	408	1,387
Bamberg	20 mi	1,029	4,837
New Ellenton	22 mi	167	1,172

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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