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Table 13

SOUTH CAROLINA

Hate Crime Incidents
per Bias Motivation and Quarter
by State and Agency, 2011

Agency type Agency name Number of incidents per bias motivation Number of incidents per quarter1 Population2
Race Religion Sexual
orientation 		Ethnicity Disability 1st
quarter 		2nd
quarter 		3rd
quarter 		4th
quarter
Total 64 36 20 13 2
Cities 38 22 16 8 1
Abbeville 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5,298
Aiken 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 29,868
Allendale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3,523
Andrews 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2,894
Batesburg-Leesville 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5,424
Beaufort 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12,505
Briarcliffe Acres 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 462
Burnettown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,704
Camden 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6,918
Cayce 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12,674
Charleston 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 121,481
Chester 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5,672
Columbia 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 130,777
Conway 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17,302
Easley 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 20,226
Elgin 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1,326
Florence 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 37,488
Forest Acres 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10,482
Goose Creek 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 36,357
Hampton 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2,841
Hanahan 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18,207
Hardeeville 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,986
Hartsville 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7,854
Holly Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1,292
Isle of Palms 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4,181
Landrum 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2,404
Latta 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1,395
Laurens 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 9,245
Moncks Corner 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 7,977
Mount Pleasant 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 68,633
Myrtle Beach 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 27,425
North Charleston 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 98,606
North Myrtle Beach 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13,912
Pickens 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3,162
Port Royal 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10,802
Rock Hill 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 66,924
Simpsonville 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 18,450
Spartanburg 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 37,444
Springdale 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2,667
Summerville 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 43,897
Tega Cay 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7,709
Union 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8,491
Walhalla 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4,313
Walterboro 4 11 1 1 0 4 5 3 5 5,461
Westminster 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2,446
Winnsboro 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3,591
York 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7,826
Universities and Colleges 6 0 0 0 0
College of Charleston 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 11,532
Metropolitan Counties 13 5 1 2 1
Anderson 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
Berkeley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Fairfield 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
Greenville 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Horry County Police Department 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Pickens 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
Richland 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2
Nonmetropolitan Counties 7 9 2 3 0
Abbeville 0 7 0 1 0 1 1 3 3
Chester 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Chesterfield 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Clarendon 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Greenwood 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
Hampton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lee 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Union 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Williamsburg 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
State Police Agencies 0 0 1 0 0
Highway Patrol, Anderson County 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
  • 1 Agencies published in this table indicated that at least one hate crime incident occurred in their respective jurisdictions during the quarter(s) for which they submitted a report to the Hate Statistics Program. Blanks indicate quarters for which agencies did not submit reports.
  • 2 Population figures are published only for the cities. The figures listed for the universities and colleges are student enrollment and were provided by the United States Department of Education for the 2010 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.

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