What is the crime rate in Ware Shoals, SC?

In 2024, the Ware Shoals Police Department reported 14 violent crimes and 34 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 822 violent and 1,996 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,703 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: 822
Property per 100,000: 1,996
Violent crimes: 14
Property crimes: 34

Crime reported by the Ware Shoals 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	16	943	45	2,653	1,696
2024	14	822	34	1,996	1,703

Violent crimes reported went from 16 in 2023 to 14 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 45 in 2023 to 34 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.

Ware Shoals against South Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Ware Shoals	822	1,996
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 Ware Shoals, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Ware Shoals	—	822	1,996
Due West	9.2 mi	0	493
Honea Path	9.6 mi	737	1,703
Greenwood	14 mi	612	3,397
Laurens	15 mi	845	3,145
Abbeville	16 mi	390	1,375
Ninety Six	20 mi	434	867
Williamston	21 mi	483	2,095
Fountain Inn	21 mi	244	956

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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