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Charleston Named “Safest City in South Carolina”

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6 years ago

January 30, 2019

You may be tired of the Holy City showing up on list after list after list after list…., but this is one ranking you might be happy to see. Charleston was ranked as the safest city in South Carolina, according to a study by The National Council for Home Safety and Security (NCHSS).

According to the study, the safest parts of South Carolina statistically are:

Charleston
Bluffton
Clemson
Mauldin
Tega Cay

The Holy City may have done well in the study, but South Carolina did not. In comparison to the rest of the country, South Carolina:

Ranked as the 47^th safest state for property crime (where 1^st = lowest crime)
The violent crime rate is considerably higher than the national average based upon 5.76 violent crimes per 1,000 compared against the national average of 3.47. This makes the state the 39^th safest in the US
Property crime is also higher than the national average with 44.7 per 1,000 (national level 40.43).

You get all the details on the study here.