What is the crime rate in Summerville, SC?

In 2025, the Summerville Police Department reported 163 violent crimes and 1,018 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 307 violent and 1,919 property crimes per 100,000 of the 53,051 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: 307
Property per 100,000: 1,919
Violent crimes: 163
Property crimes: 1,018

Crime reported by the Summerville 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	235	453	1,673	3,224	51,886
2024	143	274	1,235	2,368	52,148
2025	163	307	1,018	1,919	53,051

Violent crimes reported went from 235 in 2023 to 163 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,673 in 2023 to 1,018 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.

Summerville against South Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Summerville	307	1,919
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 Summerville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Summerville	—	307	1,919
North Charleston	9.0 mi	670	3,457
Goose Creek	9.9 mi	241	1,207
Hanahan	11 mi	228	747
Charleston	17 mi	280	1,613
Moncks Corner	17 mi	237	1,324
Mount Pleasant	23 mi	133	1,030
Holly Hill	26 mi	1,119	3,997
Sullivan's Island	26 mi	0	714

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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