Photo: Tiled · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Greer fell 31% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Greer grades C for safety (#25 of 87 graded towns in South Carolina): more crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Greer
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 South Carolina towns on Greer’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Duncan (C+). Taylors 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 Greer’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 71% of the 87 South Carolina towns we grade, against 34% 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 Greer’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 (2.7) 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 (15.0) 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 is falling
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.
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| Year | Greer property | Rest of South Carolina property | Greer violent | Rest of South Carolina violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.1 | 31.3 | 2.5 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 17.2 | 30.8 | 2.1 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 17.3 | 28.0 | 3.4 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 10.9 | 24.0 | 2.6 | 4.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Greer’s police reported 386 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.2 in the rest of South Carolina and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Greer | Rest of South Carolina | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
663 crimes reported in 2025
126 violent and 537 property, as reported to the FBI by Greer’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
24 people died in crashes on Greer’s roads in 2019–2023
Greer had 24 fatal crashes in five years, in which 24 people died; 4 were pedestrians. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 11.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
Greer and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Taylors 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greer | C | 2.7 | 15.0 |
| Fort Mill | A− | 0.5 | 5.8 |
| Goose Creek | C+ | 2.6 | 14.0 |
| 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 Greer’s population (50,007), by grade.
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 Greer. 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 Greer’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (49,394 in 2025); our figure for Greer is 50,007 (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 Greer
Is Greer, SC safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Greer reports more crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #25 of 87 in South Carolina. Its police reported 2.7 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 Greer?
2.7 violent and 15.0 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.
Is crime going up or down in Greer?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Greer in 2025?
Greer’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 4.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Greer safer than Duncan?
Duncan reports less crime per resident than Greer: Duncan grades C+ for safety and Greer C. Duncan’s police reported 2.9 violent and 14.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Greer?
Greer’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Greer”. 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.