Murder per Capita in Charleston
The map below shows murder per 1,000 Charleston residents.
The map below shows murder per 1,000 Charleston residents.
C+
Murder Grade™
B+ |
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C |
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B- |
Murder costs the average Charleston resident about $128 per year.
Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Charleston in green. The most dangerous areas in Charleston are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The C+ grade means the rate of murder is about the same as the average US neighborhood. Charleston is in the 49th percentile for safety, meaning 51% of neighborhoods are safer and 49% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Charleston's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.
The rate of murder in Charleston is 0.0681 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Charleston generally consider the northeast part of the neighborhood to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of murder in Charleston may be as high as 1 in 9,562 in the south neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 17,462 in the northeast part of the neighborhood.
By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the northeast parts of Charleston, Staten Island, NY: about 0 per year. The east part of Charleston has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the murder rate in Charleston to the New York state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Charleston, Staten Island, NY: | 0.0681 |
|---|---|
| New York: | 0.0379 |
| USA: | 0.0671 |
Considering only the murder rate, Charleston is less safe than the New York state average and as safe as the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Murder is projected to cost the residents of Charleston about $465,469 in 2025, or roughly $128 per resident. This is part of Charleston's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Charleston, including every crime type and how Charleston compares to other neighborhoods.
Remember that murder rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Charleston's crime maps on the Charleston overall crime page.
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Nearby Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Murder Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A+ | A | A+ | B- | |
A+ | A | A+ | B- | |
A+ | B+ | A | B- | |
A+ | A- | A+ | B- | |
A+ | B- | A | C | |
A+ | A | A+ | B | |
A+ | A- | A | C+ | |
A | A | A- | A- | |
A+ | A- | A+ | C+ | |
A+ | A- | A | C+ |
Charleston is lower versus other neighborhoods of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in neighborhoods with comparable overall population.
Similar Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Murder Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
F | D- | D- | D | |
D- | D | D | C- | |
C | C+ | C+ | A+ | |
B+ | A- | A- | C | |
C | C | C | D- | |
A | A | A | C+ | |
C | C- | C- | D- | |
D- | F | F | F | |
B+ | B | B | C- | |
B | A- | A- | C+ |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Charleston, Staten Island, NY average SchoolGrade of A, with 60% actual proficiency versus 48% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See Charleston schools on SchoolGrade
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