These are the top safest towns in South Carolina

Overall, findings said that South Carolina is safer than other states.Photo byExplore Beaufort

In a recent study recently released by popular website safewise.com ranking the safest cities in South Carolina, Bluffton, in Beaufort County, came in at a very impressive #1 on the list this year.

Each year, SafeWise experts dig into data to see which cities report the fewest crimes in every state, and utilizes other sources into studies to help you understand what it’s like to live in different communities across the country.

Among its findings:

According to safewise.com, South Carolina is just as concerned about crime and safety as is the rest of the country, and its safest cities collectively boast crime rates well below national averages. But statewide, safewise.com says there’s more crime reported in The Palmetto State than the rest of the US.

Violent crime in South Carolina increased again this past year—rising just slightly—it went up from 5.3 incidents per 1,000 people in 2022 to 5.5 in 2023. Property crime continued a downward trend.

In the South Atlantic region, South Carolina has the highest rates of violent and property crime, ahead of Delaware for violent crime and North Carolina for property crime.

South Carolina's crime rates are higher than the national rate. Across all 50 states, South Carolina has the seventh-highest rate of violent crime, down from the sixth-highest last year, and the tenth-highest rate of property crime, which has dropped signifigantly from the fifth-highest in 2022.

Here is the full list of the top 10 safest cities in South Carolina:

1. Bluffton
2. Fort Mill
3. Tega Cay
4. Ridgeland
5. Clover
6. Lyman
7. Mount Pleasant
8. Central
9. Port Royal
10. Isle of Palms

Find more info and see some of the other things they had to say about crime in the Palmetto State.