Theft per Capita in Orangeburg County
The map below shows theft per 1,000 Orangeburg County residents.
The map below shows theft per 1,000 Orangeburg County residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of theft in Orangeburg County is about 1 in 31.
Theft costs the average Orangeburg County resident about $167 per year.
Crime Grade's theft map shows the safest places in Orangeburg County in green. The most dangerous areas in Orangeburg County are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The F grade means the rate of theft is much higher than the average US county. Orangeburg County is in the 3rd percentile for safety, meaning 97% of counties are safer and 3% of counties are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Orangeburg County's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby counties.
The rate of theft in Orangeburg County is 32.24 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Orangeburg County generally consider the southwest part of the county to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of theft in Orangeburg County may be as high as 1 in 22 in the central neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 62 in the southwest part of the county.
By a simple count ignoring population, more theft occurs in the central parts of Orangeburg County, SC: about 859 per year. The southwest part of Orangeburg County has fewer cases of theft with only 51 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the theft rate in Orangeburg County to the South Carolina state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Orangeburg County, SC: | 32.24 |
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| South Carolina: | 16.94 |
| USA: | 13.00 |
Considering only the theft rate, Orangeburg County is less safe than the South Carolina state average and less safe than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Theft is projected to cost the residents of Orangeburg County about $13,947,592 in 2025, or roughly $167 per resident. This is part of Orangeburg County's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Orangeburg County, including every crime type and how Orangeburg County compares to other counties.
Remember that theft rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Orangeburg County's crime maps on the Orangeburg County overall crime page.
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Nearby County | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Theft Crime Grade |
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F | D- | F | F | |
F | F | F | F | |
D- | D- | D- | D- | |
D- | D- | D- | D- | |
D- | D- | D- | D- | |
F | D- | F | F | |
C- | C | C- | C | |
F | F | F | F | |
C- | C | C | C | |
C+ | B- | C+ | B- |
Orangeburg County is higher versus other counties of the same size for theft. The table below compares theft in counties with comparable overall population.
Similar County | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Theft Crime Grade |
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A- | A | A | B | |
B- | B | B | B+ | |
B+ | B- | B- | D+ | |
B | C | C | D+ | |
D | C+ | C+ | D- | |
C+ | C+ | C+ | B- | |
B- | B- | B- | B- | |
B | B | B | C- | |
D+ | D | D | D | |
D | D- | D- | D |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Orangeburg County, SC average SchoolGrade of D, with 26% actual proficiency versus 22% projected; overall, schools exceed expectations. See Orangeburg County schools on SchoolGrade
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