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Safety in Charleston

Charleston ranks #29 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 79 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 79th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in South Carolina.

safety score
79
Very Fun
National rank
#29 of 134
In South Carolina
#1 of 2
Percentile
79th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Charleston sits 29 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Charleston

  1. T#27 San Diego, CA 80
  2. T#27 Scottsdale, AZ 80
  3. #29 Charleston, SC — this page 79
  4. #30 Irving, TX 78
  5. T#31 North Las Vegas, NV 77

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Charleston

Charleston scores 87 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: