What is the crime rate in Chester, SC?

In 2024, the Chester Police Department reported 81 violent crimes and 171 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 1,554 violent and 3,281 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,212 residents it serves.

Across South Carolina the rates were 441 and 1,994.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on .

Violent per 100,000
1,554
Property per 100,000
3,281
Violent crimes
81
Property crimes
171

Crime reported by the Chester Police Department, 2024 to 2024

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
YearViolent crimesViolent per 100,000Property crimesProperty per 100,000Residents served
2024811,5541713,2815,212

Chester against South Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
Violent crimeProperty crime
Chester1,5543,281
Chester County5851,588
South Carolina4411,994
United States3631,767

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 Chester, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
PlaceDistanceViolent per 100,000Property per 100,000
Chester—1,5543,281
Rock Hill20 mi4002,199
Great Falls20 mi1,0542,002
York20 mi5113,025
Union23 mi1,1986,051
Winnsboro24 mi6462,861
Lancaster24 mi1,1844,144

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.

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Questions about Chester

What is the crime rate in Chester?

In 2024, the Chester Police Department reported 1,554 violent crimes and 3,281 property crimes per 100,000 residents to the FBI.

How many crimes were reported in Chester in 2024?

In 2024, the Chester Police Department reported 81 violent crimes and 171 property crimes to the FBI.

Where do these crime figures come from?

From the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: each police department reports the offenses known to it every month, and the FBI publishes them in its Crime Data Explorer.

Sources

Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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