Photo: Brian Stansberry (photographer) · CC BY 4.0Safety in West Union, SC: what is reported
West Union’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The closest graded town is Walhalla, 1 mile away, at B. Nearby, 3 communities within 10 miles carry a Safety Grade.
29 crimes reported in 2024
In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so we show counts rather than rates.
Every offense type 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.
3 violent and 26 property, as reported to the FBI by West Union’s police.
The nearest South Carolina towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of West Union. Nearby towns can differ a lot from West Union.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on West Union’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for South Carolina towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of West Union’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so West Union’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
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.
West Union and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walhalla | B | 2.3 | 7.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 West Union. 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 West Union’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (389 in 2024); our figure for West Union is 395 (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 West Union
Is West Union, SC safe?
There is no Safety Grade for West Union. The nearest South Carolina towns with a grade are Walhalla (B, 1 mi), Westminster (C−, 7 mi), Seneca (C−, 7 mi).
Who polices West Union?
West Union’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “West Union”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in West Union.
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.