Plum Branch, SC Property Crime Rates and Non-Violent Crime Maps

Property Crime per Capita in Plum Branch

Property crime covers theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson, offenses against belongings rather than people. The map below shows the property crime rate per 1,000 Plum Branch residents.

 

Plum Branch, SC Map of Property Crime Rates
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F

Overall Crime Grade™

F
Property Crime Grade
F
Other Crime Grade
F

$443,064

Cost of Crime™ for Plum Branch, SC

In 2025, property crime will cost $776 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Plum Branch with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.

The F grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in Plum Branch against the average US city, where the rate is much higher than the norm. Plum Branch sits in the 1st percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 1% of cities and behind 99%. The grade covers only Plum Branch's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The property crime rate in Plum Branch is 60.70 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the southeast part of the city as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 13 in the northeast neighborhoods to 1 in 117 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northeast parts of Plum Branch, SC report the most property crime, about 19 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Plum Branch, SC

Property crime in Plum Branch is projected to cost $443,064 in 2025, about $375 per resident and $776 per household. That equals 1.1% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 73.2%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 20.9%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.8%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Plum Branch Compared to Other Cities?

Plum Branch, SC: $375
Denmark, SC: $422
Pauline, SC: $45
South Carolina: $163
USA: $136

Property crime costs $375 per resident each year in Plum Branch, which is $240 more than the national average and $212 more than South Carolina's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Plum Branch:
  • In Denmark, SC, crime costs $422 per person, which is $46 more than in Plum Branch.
  • In Pauline, SC, crime costs $45 per person, which is $331 less than in Plum Branch

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Plum Branch, with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Plum Branch
Cost per Plum Branch Resident
Vehicle Theft
$50,640
$43
Burglary
$79,838
$68
Theft
$307,318
$260
Arson
$5,267
$4
Total Cost of Property Crime
$443,064
$375

How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated

Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in Plum Branch, SC. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Property Crime Maps

Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the city has few retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.

Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Plum Branch Property Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Plum Branch residents in a standard year.

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
50.29
Vehicle Theft
2.771
Burglary
7.460
Arson
0.1848
Total Property Crime
60.70 (F)

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of property crime in Plum Branch is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Plum Branch.

Nearby City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
D+
C-
C-
F
D-
D-
A
C+
A+
B+
B-
A-
C+
C
A-
F
D-
D-
A-
B-
A-
C+
D+
C
A
B-
A
F
F
F

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Plum Branch is higher versus other cities of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
B+
B+
B+
D+
C-
C-
B-
C+
C+
B-
C
C
A-
B+
B+
A-
B
B
F
D+
D+
B+
C+
C+
B
B-
B-
B
B-
B-

Considering only the property crime rate, Plum Branch is less safe than the South Carolina state average and less safe than the national average.

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