Bamberg County is home to 13,000 residents and includes Denmark and Bamberg · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Bamberg County?
Violent crime in Bamberg County sits near the national middle: an A, safer than the neighborhoods where 54% of Americans live. Assaults make up 96% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 876 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Bamberg County as a whole, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Bamberg County scores 876.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Bamberg County, SC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bamberg 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 about violent crime in Bamberg County
Aggravated assaults and simple assaults both run high. In Bamberg County, each runs at about double the US rate: 5.3 aggravated assaults and 18.5 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 9.7 nationally.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Bamberg County
Low violent crime is the norm across Bamberg County: 73% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 10% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Bamberg County run from A+ to D-.
73%17%10%
A or B 73%C 17%D or F 10%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is violent crime going up in Bamberg County?
Reported violent crime in Bamberg County has risen 22% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.4 to 6.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Bamberg CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Bamberg County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Bamberg County
Violent, US
2016
-21%
+4%
2017
-43%
+4%
2018
-47%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+18%
+4%
2021
+19%
+6%
2022
+67%
+5%
2023
+24%
+2%
2024
+22%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Bamberg County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bamberg County has about 25 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 86% more than the US as a whole and 39% more than South Carolina.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Bamberg County, about 96% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Bamberg County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Bamberg County, 2022 to 2024.
In Bamberg County, 55% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Aggravated assault
Homes (55%)
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.
Violent crime in Bamberg County and nearby counties
Bamberg County has less violent crime than 6 of its 10 nearest counties.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Bamberg County. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Bamberg County has more violent crime than 96% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Bamberg County apart: it has 1% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 27 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 93% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.27 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 91% of Americans
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Bamberg County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% 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 violent crime costs Bamberg County
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Bamberg County about $48 million a year, or $3,682 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $9.0 million, or $688 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 81% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.7 million
$361
Rape
$340,000
$26
Robbery
$190,000
$15
Assault
$3.7 million
$286
Total
$9.0 million
$688
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Bamberg County is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
