What is the crime rate in Lancaster, SC?

In 2025, the Lancaster Police Department reported 114 violent crimes and 399 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 1,184 violent and 4,144 property crimes per 100,000 of the 9,628 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: 1,184
Property per 100,000: 4,144
Violent crimes: 114
Property crimes: 399

Crime reported by the Lancaster 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	68	756	533	5,924	8,997
2024	99	1,064	575	6,179	9,305
2025	114	1,184	399	4,144	9,628

Violent crimes reported went from 68 in 2023 to 114 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 533 in 2023 to 399 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.

Lancaster against South Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lancaster	1,184	4,144
Lancaster County	284	1,180
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 Lancaster, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lancaster	—	1,184	4,144
Great Falls	12 mi	1,054	2,002
Waxhaw	15 mi	46	357
Rock Hill	20 mi	400	2,199
Fort Mill	21 mi	30	522
Pageland	23 mi	1,223	4,260
Monroe	23 mi	530	2,333

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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