What is the crime rate in Clemson, SC?

In 2025, the Clemson Police Department reported 24 violent crimes and 259 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 127 violent and 1,375 property crimes per 100,000 of the 18,832 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: 127
Property per 100,000: 1,375
Violent crimes: 24
Property crimes: 259

Crime reported by the Clemson 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	19	106	353	1,973	17,893
2024	29	162	355	1,987	17,867
2025	24	127	259	1,375	18,832

Violent crimes reported went from 19 in 2023 to 24 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 353 in 2023 to 259 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.

Clemson against South Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Clemson	127	1,375
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 Clemson, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Clemson	—	127	1,375
Pendleton	3.4 mi	240	2,134
Central	3.4 mi	75	1,139
Seneca	8.8 mi	463	1,453
Liberty	9.9 mi	209	897
Anderson	15 mi	581	4,138
Pickens	15 mi	156	1,845
Walhalla	15 mi	70	326
Westminster	16 mi	203	1,503

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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