Central Pacolet is a town of 297 in Spartanburg County, about 11 miles east of downtown Spartanburg · Updated November 2026
Is Central Pacolet, SC safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Central Pacolet has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 750 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
36% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Central Pacolet as a whole, and 64% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Central Pacolet scores 750.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Central Pacolet, SC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Central Pacolet, 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 in Central Pacolet
Thefts from cars happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Central Pacolet, 76% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Central Pacolet
CrimeGrade™ estimates Central Pacolet has about 36 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 19% less than South Carolina.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Central Pacolet is assault, about 44% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Central Pacolet
The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office polices Central Pacolet, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In Central Pacolet, 68% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (68%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (63%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (76%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Homes (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (75%)
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.
How Central Pacolet compares with nearby cities
Central Pacolet has the most crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Central Pacolet. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Central Pacolet has more crime than 99% of them.
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Central Pacolet about $1,097 a year per household, 9% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $610,000 a year, or $2,051 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$45,000
$152
Rape
$4,700
$16
Robbery
$1,700
$6
Assault
$61,000
$205
Burglary
$9,100
$31
Theft
$15,000
$51
Vehicle theft
$6,600
$22
Arson
$760
$3
Vandalism
$9,900
$34
Total
$150,000
$519
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Central Pacolet means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Central Pacolet, SC average a SchoolGrade of B+: 55% of students test proficient, against 42% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Central Pacolet on SchoolGrade
