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Table 13

SOUTH CAROLINA

Hate Crime Incidents

per Bias Motivation and Quarter

by Agency, 2012

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 69 41 26 8 4
Cities 39 19 19 3 0
Anderson 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 27,127
Atlantic Beach 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 346
Beaufort 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12,653
Bennettsville 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9,034
Blacksburg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1,873
Bluffton 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12,855
Camden 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6,968
Charleston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 123,856
Cheraw 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5,885
Clinton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8,570
Clover 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5,245
Columbia 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 131,833
Darlington 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6,313
Elgin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1,336
Florence 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 37,681
Folly Beach 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2,700
Forest Acres 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10,596
Fort Mill 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11,132
Goose Creek 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 37,387
Holly Hill 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1,280
Irmo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 11,390
Kingstree 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3,325
Lamar 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 988
Latta 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1,378
Lexington 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18,352
Moncks Corner 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8,229
Mount Pleasant 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 70,016
Mullins 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4,680
Myrtle Beach 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 28,085
Pageland 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2,733
Rock Hill 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 68,064
Seneca 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8,194
Simpsonville 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 18,829
Spartanburg 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 37,689
Summerville 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 45,209
Tega Cay 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7,847
Walterboro 0 5 3 1 0 3 1 4 1 5,411
Ware Shoals 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2,189
West Columbia 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15,610
Williamston 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4,002
Winnsboro 0 8 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 3,527
York 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7,963
Universities and Colleges 1 0 1 0 0
The Citadel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3,390
University of South Carolina, Upstate 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5,493
Metropolitan Counties 11 4 6 5 3
Anderson 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Berkeley 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
Fairfield 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Greenville 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
Horry County Police Department 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
Lancaster 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
Lexington 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
Pickens 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Richland 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0
Saluda 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Spartanburg 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 0
Sumter 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Nonmetropolitan Counties 15 18 0 0 1
Abbeville 2 15 0 0 0 1 7 6 3
Clarendon 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Colleton 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Georgetown 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Greenwood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hampton 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Lee 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
Marion 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Marlboro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
State Police Agencies 2 0 0 0 0
Highway Patrol:
Florence County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Greenwood County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Other Agencies 1 0 0 0 0
Lexington County Medical Center 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  • 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 Crime 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 2011 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.

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