The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Greenwood County, SC
Greenwood County is home to 69,500 residents and includes Greenwood and Ninety Six · Updated November 2026
Is Greenwood County, SC safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Greenwood County is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Greenwood County sits near the middle: 52% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 48% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Greenwood County run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 848 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
52% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Greenwood County as a whole, and 48% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Greenwood County scores 848.
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 Greenwood County, SC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Greenwood County, 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 Greenwood County
Burglaries run high for an A-graded county. Greenwood County has 3.9 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US county, the figure is 1.4.
Car thefts happen at homes more often than nationally. In Greenwood County, 55% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
The safest and most dangerous places in Greenwood County
Low crime is the norm across Greenwood County: 88% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 7% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Greenwood County run from A+ to F; 56% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 88%C 5%D or F 7%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Greenwood County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the southwest side has the least crime and the Greenwood area the most.
Crime rates and types in Greenwood County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Greenwood County has about 42 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% more than the US as a whole and close to 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.
Theft makes up about 38% of crime reported in Greenwood County. 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 Greenwood County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Greenwood County, 2022 to 2024.
In Greenwood County, 77% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (77%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (64%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (60%)
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 Greenwood County compares with nearby counties
Of the 10 counties closest to Greenwood County, 7 have less crime. Edgefield County and Saluda County have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Greenwood County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Greenwood County has more crime than 88% of them.
Transit, shops and walkability in Greenwood County
Two things set Greenwood County apart: it has 4% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (11 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery; here robbery sits near the national middle.
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 Greenwood County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 84% of Americans
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- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 76% of Americans
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.4% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 84% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.9.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 84% of Americans
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.56% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 80% of Americans
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 Greenwood County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Greenwood County about $1,212 a year per household, about the same as 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 $114 million a year, or $1,638 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$7.9 million
$114
Rape
$2.1 million
$31
Robbery
$620,000
$9
Assault
$11 million
$151
Burglary
$2.4 million
$35
Theft
$5.8 million
$83
Vehicle theft
$1.7 million
$24
Arson
$210,000
$3
Vandalism
$2.9 million
$41
Total
$34 million
$491
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 Greenwood County 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 Greenwood County, SC average a SchoolGrade of B+: 56% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Greenwood County on SchoolGrade
