FACTOID # 1: South Carolina has the highest rate of violent crimes and aggravated assaults per capita among US states.
 
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The South > South Carolina > Crime

SOUTH CAROLINA CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Arson deaths 20 [20th of 49]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution 6 [6th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection 6 [6th of 32]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 14 [14th of 51]
Homicide > Total number of victims 19 [19th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 33 % [33rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 15 % [15th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 37 % [37th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 16 % [16th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 14 % [14th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 22 % [22nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 30 % [30th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 27 % [27th of 49]
Lynchings > Black 9 [9th of 44]
Lynchings > Total 10 [10th of 44]
Lynchings > White 37 [37th of 44]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 19 [19th of 50]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 19 [19th of 44]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 37 [37th of 50]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 17 [17th of 50]

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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, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.

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