Photo: Festiva76 (Uploads) · Public domainRecorded crime per resident in Burnettown fell 51% from 2023 to 2025
Typical years here bring 0.3 violent crime plus 10.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 5.2 plus 27.3 in the rest of South Carolina. What’s more, its letter overall is B+ (#3 of 87 graded towns in South Carolina): less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of SC” is every other South Carolina city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Burnettown
Among South Carolina towns, higher
South Carolina’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Burnettown’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 97% of the 87 South Carolina towns we grade, against 70% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Burnettown’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Burnettown property | Rest of South Carolina property | Burnettown violent | Rest of South Carolina violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.3 | 31.1 | 1.9 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 14.1 | 30.4 | 0.3 | 5.6 |
| 2024 | 9.6 | 27.8 | 0.3 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 6.7 | 23.7 | 0.3 | 4.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of South Carolina.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Burnettown | Rest of South Carolina | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 5.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Burnettown’s police reported 3 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.2 in the rest of South Carolina and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Burnettown per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
23 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
1 violent and 22 property, as reported to the FBI by Burnettown’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Burnettown’s roads in 2019–2023
Burnettown had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
That is about what is typical for South Carolina towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Burnettown’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Burnettown’s own rate (19.1) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Burnettown and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnettown | B+ | 0.3 | 10.1 |
| Clearwater | — | — | — |
| Langley | — | — | — |
| North Augusta | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Clearwater and Langley are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. North Augusta reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
South Carolina towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnettown | B+ | 0.3 | 10.1 |
| Liberty | C+ | 2.2 | 13.1 |
| Saluda | C+ | 3.0 | 11.5 |
| Inman | C | 2.3 | 17.8 |
| Pickens | D | 4.2 | 32.9 |
| Denmark | D | 7.0 | 27.3 |
The five graded South Carolina towns closest to Burnettown’s population (3,267), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Burnettown. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Burnettown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,270 in 2025); our figure for Burnettown is 3,267 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Burnettown
Is Burnettown, SC safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Burnettown reports less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #3 of 87 in South Carolina. Its police reported 0.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.2 in the rest of South Carolina and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Burnettown?
0.3 violent and 10.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of South Carolina reports 5.2 and 27.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Burnettown?
Burnettown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Burnettown”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.