What is the crime rate in Spartanburg, SC?

In 2024, the Spartanburg Police Department reported 579 violent crimes and 2,069 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 1,478 violent and 5,280 property crimes per 100,000 of the 39,186 residents it serves.

Across South Carolina the rates were 441 and 1,994.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 1,478
Property per 100,000: 5,280
Violent crimes: 579
Property crimes: 2,069

Crime reported by the Spartanburg Police Department, 2023 to 2024

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	617	1,600	2,564	6,648	38,569
2024	579	1,478	2,069	5,280	39,186

Violent crimes reported went from 617 in 2023 to 579 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 2,564 in 2023 to 2,069 in 2024.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Spartanburg against South Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Spartanburg	1,478	5,280
Spartanburg County	533	1,549
South Carolina	441	1,994
United States	363	1,767

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 Spartanburg, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Spartanburg	—	1,478	5,280
Cowpens	8.5 mi	131	1,533
Pacolet	9.6 mi	114	1,174
Wellford	9.6 mi	52	469
Lyman	11 mi	112	967
Inman	12 mi	174	1,972
Duncan	12 mi	148	887
Woodruff	15 mi	384	2,111

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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