What is the crime rate in Laurens, SC?

In 2025, the Laurens Police Department reported 79 violent crimes and 294 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 845 violent and 3,145 property crimes per 100,000 of the 9,349 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: 845
Property per 100,000: 3,145
Violent crimes: 79
Property crimes: 294

Crime reported by the Laurens 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	736	277	2,998	9,239
2024	87	939	280	3,023	9,263
2025	79	845	294	3,145	9,349

Violent crimes reported went from 68 in 2023 to 79 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 277 in 2023 to 294 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.

Laurens against South Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Laurens	845	3,145
Laurens County	388	1,731
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 Laurens, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Laurens	—	845	3,145
Clinton	9.4 mi	784	3,552
Ware Shoals	15 mi	822	1,996
Woodruff	17 mi	384	2,111
Fountain Inn	17 mi	244	956
Simpsonville	21 mi	225	2,093
Honea Path	22 mi	737	1,703
Due West	24 mi	0	493
Mauldin	25 mi	164	1,143

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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