What is the crime rate in Elgin, SC?

In 2025, the Elgin Police Department reported 8 violent crimes and 85 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 481 violent and 5,111 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,663 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: 481
Property per 100,000: 5,111
Violent crimes: 8
Property crimes: 85

Crime reported by the Elgin 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	10	624	75	4,682	1,602
2024	7	424	89	5,394	1,650
2025	8	481	85	5,111	1,663

Violent crimes reported went from 10 in 2023 to 8 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 75 in 2023 to 85 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.

Elgin against South Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Elgin	481	5,111
Kershaw County	535	1,836
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 Elgin, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Elgin	—	481	5,111
Columbia	11 mi	791	3,157
Camden	12 mi	609	2,957
Forest Acres	14 mi	375	3,368
Cayce	21 mi	573	2,607
West Columbia	21 mi	536	4,032
Winnsboro	22 mi	646	2,861

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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