Photo: PegasusRacer28 · CC BY-SA 4.0What is recorded in Spartanburg, and why there is no grade
Inside a 10-mile circle sit 2 graded neighbors. Spartanburg’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Cowpens, 9 miles away, graded C−.
For every 1,000 residents, about 52 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 15 violent crimes, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Spartanburg’s police reported
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| Year | Spartanburg | Rest of South Carolina | Spartanburg | Rest of South Carolina |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 58.7 | 30.5 | 11.9 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 65.9 | 29.6 | 15.9 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 52.3 | 27.2 | 14.8 | 5.2 |
| 2025 | not reported | 23.7 | not reported | 4.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of South Carolina. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
2,629 crimes reported in 2024
2024 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
580 violent and 2,049 property, as reported to the FBI by Spartanburg’s police.
The nearest South Carolina towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Spartanburg. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Spartanburg.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
35 people died in crashes on Spartanburg’s roads in 2019–2023
Spartanburg had 33 fatal crashes in five years, in which 35 people died; 13 were pedestrians.
That is 18.0 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.
Spartanburg and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hilltop, Drayton, Arkwright, Ben Avon, Saxon and Whitney are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
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 Spartanburg. 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 Spartanburg’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (39,186 in 2024); our figure for Spartanburg is 39,978 (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 Spartanburg
Is Spartanburg, SC safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Spartanburg. The nearest South Carolina towns with a grade are Cowpens (C−, 9 mi), Pacolet (C+, 10 mi), Wellford (B+, 10 mi).
Who polices Spartanburg?
Spartanburg’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Spartanburg”. 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, 2024, 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.