Hartsville, SC Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Hartsville, SC Summary

Crime in Hartsville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Hartsville over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Hartsville:

  • There were 487 total crimes committed in Hartsville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 6,590.9 total crimes per 100K people in Hartsville.
  • The overall crime rate in Hartsville is 211.00% above the national average.
  • Hartsville ranks #139 safest out of 158 cities in South Carolina.
  • Hartsville ranks #9,748 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

Additional research about crime in South Carolina

Hartsville Vs South Carolina And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Hartsville is 6,590.9 per 100,000 people. That's 211.00% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 174.34% higher than the South Carolina total crime rate of 2,402.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Hartsville
/ 100k People
South Carolina
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 487 6,590.9 2,402.5 2,119.2
Murder 1 13.5 7.5 5.0
Robbery 10 135.3 35.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 113 1,529.3 357.1 256.0
Violent Crime 129 1,745.8 436.7 359.0
Burglary 33 446.6 282.4 229.0
Larceny 289 3,911.2 1,468.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 36 487.2 215.1 259.0
Property Crime 358 4,845.0 1,965.8 1,760.0

Hartsville Crime Compared To South Carolina Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in South Carolina.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Hartsville

129
Violent Crimes
1,745.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
386.31%
Above The National Average
  • There were 129 violent crimes in Hartsville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Hartsville is 1,745.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 57.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Hartsville each year. That compares to a 1 in 229.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 386.31% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 299.76% higher than the South Carolina violent crime rate of 436.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Hartsville

358
Property Crimes
4,845.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
175.29%
Above The National Average
  • There were 358 property crimes in Hartsville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Hartsville is 4,845.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 20.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Hartsville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 175.29% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 146.47% higher than the South Carolina property crime rate of 1,965.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Hartsville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Sumter, SC 42,551 2,044 4,803.6 3,706.1 1,097.5
Florence, SC 40,781 1,927 4,725.2 3,918.5 806.7
Laurinburg, NC 14,994 1,040 6,936.1 5,042.0 1,894.1
Lancaster, SC 9,305 674 7,243.4 6,179.5 1,063.9
Camden, SC 8,651 416 4,808.7 3,860.8 947.9
Bennettsville, SC 6,430 293 4,556.8 3,561.4 995.3
Darlington, SC 6,013 422 7,018.1 5,887.2 1,130.9
Wadesboro, NC 4,909 461 9,390.9 7,353.8 2,037.1
Bishopville, SC 2,819 146 5,179.1 4,363.2 815.9

Hartsville SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
5
Affordability
5
Diversity
8.5
Safety
2
Amenities
8
Education
7
Commute
8.5
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