Woodside Cotton Mill Village Historic District · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0Who polices Wade Hampton, and what they report
Wade Hampton has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Greenville County. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Wade Hampton alone, and no Safety Grade. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Greenville (D), 4 miles away. Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 4 towns with grades of their own.
What stands out about safety in Wade Hampton
Policed by the county
Wade Hampton is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Wade Hampton. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest South Carolina towns with their own police figures are Greenville (D, 4 mi), Greer (C, 7 mi), Mauldin (C+, 7 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Wade Hampton. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Greenville County without police of their own, which include Wade Hampton.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest South Carolina towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | D | 4 mi | 5.7 | 33.5 |
| Greer | C | 7 mi | 2.7 | 15.0 |
| Mauldin | C+ | 7 mi | 1.8 | 15.6 |
| Travelers Rest | C− | 8 mi | 2.5 | 23.4 |
| Duncan | C+ | 11 mi | 2.9 | 14.0 |
| Simpsonville | C− | 11 mi | 2.2 | 24.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Wade Hampton. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Wade Hampton.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
18 people died in crashes on Wade Hampton’s roads in 2019–2023
Wade Hampton had 18 fatal crashes in five years, in which 18 people died; 9 were pedestrians.
That is 17.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for South Carolina towns of 5,000–25,000 people (8.8, 79 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.
Wade Hampton and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | D | 5.7 | 33.5 |
| Taylors | — | — | — |
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.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Wade Hampton
Is Wade Hampton, SC safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Wade Hampton. The nearest South Carolina towns with a grade are Greenville (D, 4 mi), Greer (C, 7 mi), Mauldin (C+, 7 mi).
Who polices Wade Hampton?
The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office. Wade Hampton is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Greenville County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Wade Hampton.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.