Peniel Crossroads, SC Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Peniel Crossroads is a community of 1,120 in Florence County, about 6 miles south of downtown Florence · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in Peniel Crossroads?

Peniel Crossroads earns an A for violent crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 64% of Americans live. Assaults make up 91% 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 905 of 1,000
Less violent crime than most US neighborhoods What this means

64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Peniel Crossroads as a whole, and 36% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Peniel Crossroads scores 905.

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.

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Overall crimeSafety score 905 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoods
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Property crimeSafety score 904 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Violent crime map of Peniel Crossroads

Map of Peniel Crossroads shaded by violent crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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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 Peniel Crossroads, SC at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Peniel Crossroads, 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


Violent crime rates and types in Peniel Crossroads

CrimeGrade™ estimates Peniel Crossroads has about 10.0 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 26% less than the US as a whole and 44% less 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 Peniel Crossroads, about 91% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderA+under 10.070.05
RapeA-under 10.680.38
RobberyA+under 10.150.62
AssaultA109.112.3

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.


Violent crime in Peniel Crossroads and nearby cities

Peniel Crossroads has less violent crime than 5 of its 6 nearest cities; only Coward has less.

Nearby cities

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Peniel CrossroadsA905A1,120
Effingham 4 milesA879A8,980
Timmonsville 5 milesA863A8,410
Ebenezer 6 milesA847A1,150
Florence 6 milesB-557B-88,800
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Coward 9 milesA915A2,890
Quinby 11 milesB666B+1,100

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Peniel Crossroads. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with cities of similar size and density, Peniel Crossroads has more violent crime than 92% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Peniel CrossroadsA905A1,120
Hillman, MNA+989A+1,120
Midland, OHA+987A+1,120
Lowpoint, ILA+981A+1,120
New Greenleaf, MIA+979A+1,120
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Orient, NYA+968A+1,120
Lum, MIA+967A+1,120
Blanchard, PAA+964A+1,120
Trivoli, ILA+961A+1,120
Fairfield Center, MEA+948A+1,120
Shawboro, NCA+928A+1,120

What violent crime costs Peniel Crossroads

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Peniel Crossroads about $1.7 million a year, or $1,515 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $320,000, or $283 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.

CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$150,000$132
Rape$46,000$41
Robbery$5,300$5
Assault$120,000$105
Total$320,000$283

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.

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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

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