Daniel Island is a neighborhood of 11,100 residents in Charleston, about 6 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Daniel Island in Charleston safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Daniel Island has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 74% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A+ and property crime A. Charleston as a whole grades A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 920 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
74% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Daniel Island as a whole, and 26% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Daniel Island scores 920.
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 Daniel Island, Charleston, SC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Daniel Island in Charleston, 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 Daniel Island
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Charleston as a whole, 42% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
How Daniel Island compares within Charleston
Every part of Daniel Island where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Daniel Island run from A+ to A; every part of Daniel Island has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Daniel Island has less crime than 2 of the 3 neighborhoods in Charleston. It covers much of the Daniel Island area.
Is crime going up in Charleston?
Reported violent crime in Charleston as a whole peaked in 2020 and has fallen 19% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 13% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.8 to 3.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 23 to 20 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 12%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
CharlestonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Charleston. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Charleston
Violent, US
Property, Charleston
Property, US
2016
-16%
+4%
+10%
+15%
2017
-21%
+4%
+2%
+12%
2018
-17%
+0%
-8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+15%
+4%
-6%
-8%
2021
+8%
+6%
-8%
-10%
2022
-2%
+5%
-18%
-6%
2023
+7%
+2%
-14%
-7%
2024
-6%
-4%
-13%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Daniel Island
CrimeGrade™ estimates Daniel Island has about 17 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 55% less than the US as a whole and 56% less than Charleston as a whole.
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.
Theft makes up about 46% of crime reported in Daniel Island. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Charleston
The Charleston Police Department polices Daniel Island; these figures cover Charleston as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Charleston as a whole, 66% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 43% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (66%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (31%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (48%)
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 Daniel Island compares with nearby neighborhoods
Daniel Island has the least crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Night lighting, transit and walkability in Daniel Island
Daniel Island looks like a typical neighborhood on the traits that tend to go with 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.93% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Daniel Island: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 and assault. 82% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 83% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 crime costs Daniel Island
Crime costs Daniel Island about $364 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 70% 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 $4.3 million a year, or $392 per resident.
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 Daniel Island 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 Daniel Island, Charleston, SC average a SchoolGrade of A+: 66% of students test proficient, against 59% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Daniel Island on SchoolGrade
