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The South > South Carolina > Crime

SOUTH CAROLINA CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Arson deaths 1.71 [20th of 49]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution 6 [6th of 32]
Definition: Crime > Capital Punishment > Electrocution
Source: US Fire Administration, 2001
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection 26 [6th of 32]
Definition: Crime > Capital Punishment > Lethal injection
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 13.8 [14th of 51]
Definition: Crime > Firearms Death Rate per 100,000
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 26.1 % [22nd of 49]
Definition: Crime > Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female
Source: statehealthfacts.org
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 21.6 % [30th of 49]
Definition: Crime > Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
Lynchings > Black 156 [9th of 44]
Definition: Crime > Lynchings > Black
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
Lynchings > Total 160 [10th of 44]
Definition: Crime > Lynchings > Total
Source: UMKC School of Law
Lynchings > White 4 [37th of 44]
Definition: Crime > Lynchings > White
Source: UMKC School of Law
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 359 [20th of 51]
Definition: Crime > Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
Source: UMKC School of Law
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 23,428 [19th of 50]
Definition: Crime > Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
Property crime total 183,322 [19th of 51]
Definition: Crime > Property crime total
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
Robbery 5,899 [22nd of 51]
Definition: Crime > Robbery
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 429 [19th of 44]
Definition: Crime > State and Federal prisoners held in local jails
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 6 [33rd of 50]
Definition: Crime > State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 116 [18th of 50]
Definition: Crime > State Prisoners > Number of deaths
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 3 [10th of 50]
Definition: Crime > State Prisons > Number of Homicides
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 2 [37th of 50]
Definition: Crime > State Prisons > Number of Suicides
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.
Violent crime 33,078 [13th of 51]
Definition: Crime > Violent crime
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 1,562 [17th of 50]
Definition: Crime > Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics

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SOURCES: US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; statehealthfacts.org; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.

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