What is the crime rate in Georgetown, SC?

In 2025, the Georgetown Police Department reported 76 violent crimes and 295 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 851 violent and 3,302 property crimes per 100,000 of the 8,935 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: 851
Property per 100,000: 3,302
Violent crimes: 76
Property crimes: 295

Crime reported by the Georgetown 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	120	1,389	370	4,284	8,637
2024	86	975	358	4,058	8,823
2025	76	851	295	3,302	8,935

Violent crimes reported went from 120 in 2023 to 76 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 370 in 2023 to 295 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.

Georgetown against South Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Georgetown	851	3,302
Georgetown County	362	1,406
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 Georgetown, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Georgetown	—	851	3,302
Andrews	17 mi	875	3,897
Surfside Beach	24 mi	249	1,560
Johnsonville	32 mi	440	733
Myrtle Beach	33 mi	1,109	5,392
Conway	35 mi	324	1,741
St. Stephen	37 mi	450	4,563
Kingstree	38 mi	863	5,211

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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