What is the crime rate in Beaufort, SC?

In 2025, the Beaufort Police Department reported 45 violent crimes and 299 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 310 violent and 2,059 property crimes per 100,000 of the 14,521 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: 310
Property per 100,000: 2,059
Violent crimes: 45
Property crimes: 299

Crime reported by the Beaufort 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	69	501	516	3,743	13,786
2024	97	696	499	3,580	13,937
2025	45	310	299	2,059	14,521

Violent crimes reported went from 69 in 2023 to 45 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 516 in 2023 to 299 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.

Beaufort against South Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Beaufort	310	2,059
Beaufort County	183	976
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 Beaufort, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Beaufort	—	310	2,059
Port Royal	7.2 mi	141	1,339
Ridgeland	12 mi	214	2,592
Yemassee	17 mi	1,242	2,573
Bluffton	21 mi	62	707
Hardeeville	22 mi	131	1,091
Edisto Beach	24 mi	0	1,231
Walterboro	31 mi	1,003	5,033
Tybee Island	32 mi	64	985

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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