Photo: Itsbrandoyo · CC BY-SA 4.0For violent crime, Goose Creek trails 67% of U.S. towns per resident
Among its 3 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident. What’s more, the crimes the grade counts fell 16% per resident from 2023 to 2025. On the record of crimes Goose Creek’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes C+ for safety: #22 of 87 graded towns in South Carolina. Police counts work out at 2.6 violent crimes and 14.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of South Carolina they are 5.2 and 27.6.
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 Goose Creek
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 South Carolina towns on Goose Creek’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Hanahan (B−), Charleston (C−), North Charleston (D−). Ladson is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among South Carolina towns, closer to the middle
South Carolina’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Goose Creek’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 75% of the 87 South Carolina towns we grade, against 37% 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 Goose Creek’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.6) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (14.0) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Goose Creek property | Rest of South Carolina property | Goose Creek violent | Rest of South Carolina violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.9 | 31.4 | 2.8 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 15.0 | 30.8 | 2.7 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 14.7 | 28.1 | 2.6 | 5.5 |
| 2025 | 12.3 | 24.0 | 2.5 | 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 | Goose Creek | Rest of South Carolina | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 5.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.6 | 5.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Goose Creek’s police reported 387 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.6 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 Goose Creek 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 about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
764 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.
129 violent and 635 property, as reported to the FBI by Goose Creek’s police.
11 people died in crashes on Goose Creek’s roads in 2019–2023
Goose Creek had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 4.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for South Carolina towns of 25,000–100,000 people (8.8, 20 towns).
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.
Goose Creek and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Creek | C+ | 2.6 | 14.0 |
| Hanahan | B− | 2.2 | 12.0 |
| Ladson | — | — | — |
| Charleston | C− | 3.5 | 18.7 |
| North Charleston | D− | 8.0 | 40.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Ladson is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
South Carolina towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Creek | C+ | 2.6 | 14.0 |
| Fort Mill | A− | 0.5 | 5.8 |
| Greer | C | 2.7 | 15.0 |
| Sumter | D− | 9.0 | 34.6 |
| Florence | D− | 8.6 | 43.2 |
| Myrtle Beach | D− | 10.7 | 56.3 |
The five graded South Carolina towns closest to Goose Creek’s population (52,010), 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 Goose Creek. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Goose Creek’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (51,433 in 2025); our figure for Goose Creek is 52,010 (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 Goose Creek
Is Goose Creek, SC safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Goose Creek reports more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #22 of 87 in South Carolina. Its police reported 2.6 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 Goose Creek?
2.6 violent and 14.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of South Carolina reports 5.2 and 27.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Goose Creek in 2025?
Goose Creek’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Goose Creek safer than Hanahan?
Hanahan reports less crime per resident than Goose Creek: Hanahan grades B− for safety and Goose Creek C+. Hanahan’s police reported 2.2 violent and 12.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Goose Creek?
Goose Creek’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Goose Creek”. 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.