The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Rock Hill, SC
Rock Hill is a city of 115,800 in York County, about 20 miles southwest of downtown Charlotte · Updated November 2026
Is Rock Hill, SC safe?
Crime in Rock Hill is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Rock Hill. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Rock Hill run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 748 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
36% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Rock Hill as a whole, and 64% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Rock Hill scores 748.
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 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 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.
Robberies are less common than in most B-graded cities. Rock Hill has 0.31 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 0.63.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Rock Hill
Most of Rock Hill grades well: 81% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 10% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Rock Hill run from A+ to F; 39% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
81%10%
A or B 81%C 9%D or F 10%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Catawba Terrace, northBurglaries run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Rock Hill.A-811
2Eastview & Boyd Hill, westAggravated assaults run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Rock Hill.A-803
3Oakwood Acres, northeastBurglaries run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Rock Hill.B668
4Winthrop University, Laurelwood & Confederate Park, centralBurglaries run at more than double the rate in the rest of Rock Hill.C+467
5East Town & Country Club Estates, southCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Rock Hill.C407
Neighborhood areas of Rock Hill, ranked by overall 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 crime going up in Rock Hill?
Reported crime in Rock Hill has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 34% and property crime down 30%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.8 to 4.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 34 to 24 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 14% and property crime fell 12%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
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
Violent, Rock Hill
Violent, US
Property, Rock Hill
Property, US
2016
-8%
+4%
+4%
+15%
2017
-4%
+4%
+21%
+12%
2018
-25%
+0%
+11%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+7%
+4%
-13%
-8%
2021
+4%
+6%
-20%
-10%
2022
-27%
+5%
-20%
-6%
2023
-23%
+2%
-20%
-7%
2024
-34%
-4%
-30%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Rock Hill
CrimeGrade™ estimates Rock Hill 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Rock Hill is assault, about 38% 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 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. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 45% of them, against 34% 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)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (32%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (59%)
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 Rock Hill compares with nearby cities
Of the 6 cities closest to Rock Hill, 5 have less crime. Van Wyck and Catawba have the least.
Night lighting, walkability and density in Rock Hill
Rock Hill looks like a typical city 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.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 and assault. 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 robbery and 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 and robbery. 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 crime costs Rock Hill
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Rock Hill about $1,347 a year per household, 12% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $62 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $224 million a year, or $1,937 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$17 million
$151
Rape
$1.9 million
$17
Robbery
$1.1 million
$10
Assault
$21 million
$185
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
$62 million
$538
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 Rock Hill 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 Rock Hill, SC average a SchoolGrade of B: 54% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Rock Hill on SchoolGrade
