What is the crime rate in Bluffton, SC?

In 2025, the Bluffton Police Department reported 24 violent crimes and 272 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 62 violent and 707 property crimes per 100,000 of the 38,446 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: 62
Property per 100,000: 707
Violent crimes: 24
Property crimes: 272

Crime reported by the Bluffton 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	36	95	363	954	38,061
2024	47	124	314	828	37,927
2025	24	62	272	707	38,446

Violent crimes reported went from 36 in 2023 to 24 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 363 in 2023 to 272 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.

Bluffton against South Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bluffton	62	707
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 Bluffton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bluffton	—	62	707
Hardeeville	8.6 mi	131	1,091
Thunderbolt	14 mi	237	1,975
Tybee Island	15 mi	64	985
Port Wentworth	16 mi	168	560
Port Royal	17 mi	141	1,339
Garden City	17 mi	596	2,479
Ridgeland	18 mi	214	2,592
Rincon	19 mi	42	530

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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