What is the crime rate in Greer, SC?

In 2025, the Greer Police Department reported 125 violent crimes and 549 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 253 violent and 1,111 property crimes per 100,000 of the 49,394 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: 253
Property per 100,000: 1,111
Violent crimes: 125
Property crimes: 549

Crime reported by the Greer 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	96	210	786	1,722	45,652
2024	166	348	830	1,740	47,690
2025	125	253	549	1,111	49,394

Violent crimes reported went from 96 in 2023 to 125 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 786 in 2023 to 549 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.

Greer against South Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Greer	253	1,111
Greenville County	319	1,455
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 Greer, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Greer	—	253	1,111
Duncan	4.9 mi	148	887
Lyman	6.7 mi	112	967
Wellford	7.9 mi	52	469
Greenville	10 mi	465	2,866
Inman	11 mi	174	1,972
Mauldin	11 mi	164	1,143
Travelers Rest	12 mi	248	1,434
Simpsonville	14 mi	225	2,093

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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