Grays, SC Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	D+
Property Crime Grade	F
Other Crime Grade	D

Which crimes are included?

$226,683

Cost of Crime™ for Grays, SC

In 2025, violent crime will cost $1,939 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Grays with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The D+ grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Grays against the average US city, where the rate is higher than the norm. Grays sits in the 24th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 24% of cities and behind 76%. The grade covers only Grays's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Grays is 4.514 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the south part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 209 in the northwest neighborhoods to 1 in 225 in the south.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the east parts of Grays, SC report the most violent crime, about 0 cases per year. The northwest part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Grays, SC

The tangible cost of violent crime in Grays is projected at $226,683 for 2025, about $669 per resident and $1,939 per household. That equals 1.7% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 34.7%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 53.1%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.1%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Grays Compared to Other Cities?

Grays, SC:	$669
Denmark, SC:	$1305
Little River, SC:	$116
South Carolina:	$378
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $669 per resident each year in Grays, which is $410 more than the national average and $291 more than South Carolina's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Grays:

In Denmark, SC, crime costs $1,305 per person, which is $636 more than in Grays.
In Little River, SC, crime costs $116 per person, which is $552 less than in Grays

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Grays, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Grays	Cost per Grays Resident
Murder	$179,471	$529
Rape/Sexual Assault	$10,958	$32
Robbery	$2,795	$8
Assault	$33,458	$99
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$226,683	$669

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Grays, SC

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Grays totals $1,248,067 ($3,682 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $1,474,750 ($4,350 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Grays, SC, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the city has few retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Grays Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Grays residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	3.437
Robbery	0.2621
Rape	0.5331
Murder	0.2817
Total Violent Crime	4.514 (D+)

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Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in Grays is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Grays.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
McPhersonville, SC	D-	D+	F
Horsegall, SC	D-	D-	D-
Early Branch, SC	D-	D+	D-
Pineland, SC	F	F	F
Gillisonville, SC	D-	D+	D-
Nixville, SC	D	F	D+
Fechtig, SC	D-	F	D
Furman, SC	D-	D-	F
Miley, SC	D-	F	D
Coosawatchie, SC	F	D	D-

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Grays is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Elmo, TX	D-	D-	D-
Deerfield Street, NJ	F	D	D
Delchamps, AL	C-	B+	B+
Delft, MN	C+	C	C
Dike, TX	C+	B-	B-
Dogtown, MS	B+	A+	A+
Douglass Crossroads, FL	A+	A	A
Duckrun, KY	D	C-	C-
Dunmore, WV	B	B+	B+
East Frankfort, NY	A+	A+	A+

Considering only the violent crime rate, Grays is safer than the South Carolina state average and less safe than the national average.

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