What is the crime rate in Bennettsville, SC?

In 2025, the Bennettsville Police Department reported 36 violent crimes and 238 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 480 violent and 3,173 property crimes per 100,000 of the 7,500 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: 480
Property per 100,000: 3,173
Violent crimes: 36
Property crimes: 238

Crime reported by the Bennettsville 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	90	1,376	276	4,218	6,543
2024	64	995	230	3,577	6,430
2025	36	480	238	3,173	7,500

Violent crimes reported went from 90 in 2023 to 36 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 276 in 2023 to 238 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.

Bennettsville against South Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bennettsville	480	3,173
Marlboro County	788	2,802
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 Bennettsville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bennettsville	—	480	3,173
McColl	8.5 mi	1,270	4,977
Cheraw	14 mi	1,034	5,413
Laurinburg	15 mi	1,262	4,393
Hamlet	18 mi	458	3,984
Maxton	20 mi	236	1,087
Rockingham	22 mi	615	3,836
Dillon	23 mi	1,683	5,825
Chesterfield	23 mi	513	2,786

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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