Rock Hill is a city of 115,800 in York County, about 20 miles southwest of downtown Charlotte · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Rock Hill?
Rock Hill earns an A- for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 55% of Americans live. Theft makes up 58% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades A.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 791 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Rock Hill as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Rock Hill scores 791.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Rock Hill, SC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Rock Hill, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Rock Hill
Car thefts run high in Winthrop University, Laurelwood & Confederate Park. In this part of central Rock Hill, they run at more than double the rate in the rest of Rock Hill.
Burglary stands out among cities graded A for property crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded A for property crime, the figure is 1.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Rock Hill has 2.4.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Rock Hill
Most of Rock Hill grades well for property crime: 90% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Rock Hill run from A+ to C-.
90%10%
A or B 90%C 10%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Catawba Terrace, northBurglaries run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Rock Hill.A-832
2Eastview & Boyd Hill, westClose to the rest of Rock Hill on most crimes.A-822
3Oakwood Acres, northeastBurglaries run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Rock Hill.B+758
4East Town & Country Club Estates, southCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Rock Hill.B635
5Winthrop University, Laurelwood & Confederate Park, centralBurglaries run at more than double the rate in the rest of Rock Hill.B630
Neighborhood areas of Rock Hill, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Rock Hill?
Reported property crime in Rock Hill has fallen 30% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 34 to 24 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 12%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Rock HillUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Rock Hill. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Rock Hill
Property, US
2016
+4%
+15%
2017
+21%
+12%
2018
+11%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-13%
-8%
2021
-20%
-10%
2022
-20%
-6%
2023
-20%
-7%
2024
-30%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Rock Hill
CrimeGrade™ estimates Rock Hill has about 25 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% more than the US as a whole and close to South Carolina.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Rock Hill, about 58% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Rock Hill
Rock Hill has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Rock Hill, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 53% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Rock Hill and nearby cities
Rock Hill has more property crime than 5 of its 6 nearest cities. Van Wyck and Catawba have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Rock Hill. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Rock Hill has more property crime than 69% of them.
Night lighting, walkability and density in Rock Hill
Rock Hill looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with property crime.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.75% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 75% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 86% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (13 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 66% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.8% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 64% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Rock Hill: F (0 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 62% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 60% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.6.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 56% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Rock Hill
Property crime costs Rock Hill about $20 million a year, or $176 per resident and about $441 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$2.5 million
$22
Theft
$8.7 million
$76
Vehicle theft
$4.0 million
$35
Arson
$200,000
$2
Vandalism
$4.9 million
$42
Total
$20 million
$176
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
