Tega Cay
York County · 14,457 people7.66 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.4, property 6.0
South Carolina rankings · Safety
Safest towns in South Carolina
Tega Cay reports the least crime per resident of South Carolina’s 87 towns with crime figures for 2023–2025; 2 of the 87 grade A− or better on safety nationally.
Crimes reported by each town’s own police, 2023–2025, per 1,000 residents, violent crimes counted four times. The same measure as the Safety grade. For 6 of them one year isn’t in the FBI’s published tables and comes from the FBI Crime Data Explorer or the state’s own reports (named in the row). How grades work
A−
#2Fort Mill
York County · 38,673 people7.85 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.5, property 5.8
#3Burnettown
Aiken County · 3,267 people11.35 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.3, property 10.1
All 87 towns
Weighted crimes per 1,000 residents a year, lowest first, to two decimals (the sort uses the exact rate, so there are no rounding ties). Grade = the national Safety grade.
87 towns ranked. Not here? See towns without their own figures.
#TownWeighted rateViolentPropertyGrade
Per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Last on the list: Dillon, 137.41. The rate counts crimes reported to police, not how safe any one street feels.
Not ranked
82 towns without figures of their own
These towns of 2,500+ are not on the list because there are no police figures for them alone for all of 2023–2025, from the FBI or the state. In 2025 the FBI’s tables list State Police figures for 0 of South Carolina’s counties and county sheriff figures for 43; those cover many towns at once and can’t be split by town, so they aren’t ranked here. Their other grades stand; the overall grade uses the rest.
- Arcadia Spartanburg County · 3,426 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Arkwright Spartanburg County · 2,816 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Arthurtown Richland County · 3,272 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Baxter Village York County · 4,542 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Belton Anderson County · 4,631 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Belvedere Aiken County · 5,180 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Berea Greenville County · 16,862 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Blythewood Richland County · 7,233 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Boiling Springs Spartanburg County · 12,936 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Brookdale Orangeburg County · 4,291 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Burton Beaufort County · 6,912 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Capitol View Richland County · 4,374 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Carolina Forest Horry County · 26,263 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Centerville Anderson County · 7,049 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Cherryvale Sumter County · 2,611 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Chester Chester County · 5,324 people: figures for 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Clearwater Aiken County · 3,319 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Clemson University Pickens County · 7,015 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Dalzell Sumter County · 2,946 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Dentsville Richland County · 15,209 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Dunean Greenville County · 3,668 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- East Camden Kershaw County · 4,194 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- East Gaffney Cherokee County · 2,824 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Edgefield Edgefield County · 4,182 people: figures for 2023 only (all three years are needed).
- Five Forks Greenville County · 18,656 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Forestbrook Horry County · 7,479 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Gantt Greenville County · 15,401 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Garden City Horry County · 11,591 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Georgetown Georgetown County · 8,869 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Gloverville Aiken County · 2,505 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Golden Grove Greenville County · 2,913 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Hilltop Spartanburg County · 2,950 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Hilton Head Island Beaufort County · 38,196 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Hollywood Charleston County · 5,652 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Homeland Park Anderson County · 6,632 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Homewood Horry County · 2,708 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- India Hook York County · 3,960 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Irmo Richland County · 12,204 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- James Island Charleston County · 12,660 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Judson Greenville County · 2,515 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Keowee Key Oconee County · 3,351 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Ladson Berkeley County · 16,140 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Lake Murray of Richland Richland County · 7,023 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Lake Wylie York County · 16,006 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Lakewood Sumter County · 3,544 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Laurel Bay Beaufort County · 5,882 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Lesslie York County · 3,077 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Litchfield Beach Georgetown County · 9,044 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Little River Horry County · 11,771 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Lugoff Kershaw County · 9,786 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Murrells Inlet Georgetown County · 10,044 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Newport York County · 4,121 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- North Augusta Aiken County · 26,982 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- North Hartsville Darlington County · 3,304 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Northlake Anderson County · 4,390 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Oak Grove Lexington County · 12,256 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Parker Greenville County · 12,898 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Piedmont Anderson County · 5,462 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Powdersville Anderson County · 10,771 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Ravenel Charleston County · 2,728 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Red Bank Lexington County · 11,314 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Red Hill Horry County · 15,920 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Roebuck Spartanburg County · 2,902 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Sangaree Berkeley County · 8,681 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Sans Souci Greenville County · 7,665 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Saxon Spartanburg County · 4,085 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Seven Oaks Lexington County · 15,921 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Socastee Horry County · 23,796 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Southern Shops Spartanburg County · 3,797 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Spartanburg Spartanburg County · 39,978 people: figures for 2023 and 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- St. Andrews Richland County · 19,868 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Summerville Dorchester County · 53,177 people: figures for 2023 and 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Taylors Greenville County · 24,505 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Valley Falls Spartanburg County · 8,239 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Wade Hampton Greenville County · 20,898 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Welcome Greenville County · 6,527 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- White Knoll Lexington County · 8,310 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Whitney Spartanburg County · 3,685 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Winnsboro Fairfield County · 3,305 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Woodfield Richland County · 9,465 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Woodruff Spartanburg County · 6,026 people: figures for 2023 and 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Wyboo Clarendon County · 3,639 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which is the safest town in South Carolina?
Tega Cay (York County) reports the least crime per resident: 7.66 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year over 2023–2025 (0.42 violent and 5.99 property crimes per 1,000), from its police department’s reports to the FBI. Fort Mill (7.85) and Burnettown (11.35) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By crimes reported by each town’s police per 1,000 residents over three years (FBI figures, or the state’s own where the FBI table lacks a year), with violent crimes counted four times as heavily as property crimes. It is the same measure as the Safety grade on each town’s page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list needs 2,500+ residents and the town’s own police figures for all three years. 82 South Carolina towns of 2,500+ lack them; they are listed above with the reason. Smaller towns have a Safety grade on their page but no rank.
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