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Table 10

SOUTH CAROLINA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2012

[The data shown in this table do not reflect county totals but are the number of offenses reported by the sheriff's office or county police department.]

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan County Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Forcible
rape		 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson
Metropolitan Counties Aiken 351 4 41 47 259 3,776 1,187 2,173 416 3
Anderson 809 10 40 110 649 6,816 1,890 4,251 675 27
Beaufort 706 9 34 89 574 3,489 1,015 2,306 168 15
Berkeley 487 10 37 82 358 3,558 1,010 2,173 375 10
Calhoun 53 0 6 6 41 468 200 227 41 2
Chester 110 2 8 17 83 891 276 561 54 2
Darlington 345 4 10 33 298 2,332 938 1,243 151 8
Dorchester 345 3 25 53 264 2,074 582 1,292 200 3
Edgefield 20 1 3 4 12 389 109 246 34 3
Fairfield 125 3 5 9 108 665 177 422 66 4
Florence 225 2 8 38 177 2,451 755 1,514 182 1
Greenville 1,994 17 142 319 1,516 10,827 3,000 6,912 915 50
Jasper 34 5 10 13 6 461 135 290 36 1
Kershaw 256 2 27 14 213 1,557 485 962 110 1
Lancaster 245 10 18 45 172 2,497 764 1,637 96 13
Laurens 306 4 21 20 261 1,252 477 689 86 8
Lexington 534 7 59 81 387 4,549 1,068 3,061 420 13
Pickens 254 4 14 16 220 2,096 608 1,285 203 10
Richland 2,266 15 105 388 1,758 9,747 2,657 5,891 1,199 27
Saluda 37 0 4 3 30 292 113 156 23 1
Spartanburg 596 8 61 95 432 5,874 1,783 3,619 472 33
Sumter 424 5 20 39 360 2,487 1,004 1,280 203 34
Union 93 2 2 9 80 599 147 430 22 6
York 499 1 20 37 441 2,300 531 1,641 128 19
Nonmetropolitan Counties Abbeville 49 0 2 3 44 412 126 269 17 2
Allendale 2 0 0 0 2 80 23 51 6 0
Bamberg 32 0 1 2 29 291 103 157 31 0
Barnwell 88 0 3 2 83 474 110 314 50 5
Cherokee 79 1 0 12 66 440 190 187 63 3
Chesterfield 138 2 7 11 118 977 244 677 56 6
Clarendon 113 1 6 15 91 896 284 551 61 4
Colleton 204 2 11 8 183 1,180 326 699 155 9
Dillon 192 4 13 20 155 1,054 370 608 76 6
Greenwood 428 4 17 19 388 1,725 409 1,248 68 5
Hampton 75 0 5 7 63 308 114 172 22 1
Lee 76 0 2 8 66 429 137 244 48 7
Marion 99 4 3 10 82 837 370 403 64 6
Marlboro 172 2 14 11 145 863 269 551 43 2
McCormick 18 0 1 0 17 108 36 55 17 0
Newberry 79 1 0 7 71 481 127 322 32 3
Oconee 268 5 26 7 230 1,677 535 1,018 124 11
Orangeburg 256 12 26 69 149 3,266 1,035 1,830 401 17

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