Safety · Chester
Chester, SC crime & safety
Chester's reported crime rate is well above South Carolina's. 81 violent crimes were reported in 2024.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Chester compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Chester's police department reported only 2024, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Reported crime, 2024
Chester at a glance
Violent crime
15.5
per 1,000 residents · South Carolina 4.4
Property crime
32.8
per 1,000 residents · South Carolina 19.9
Incidents reported
252
81 violent · 171 property
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2024
ChesterSouth Carolina
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Chester property | South Carolina property | Chester violent | South Carolina violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.5 | 23.6 | 25.7 | 5 |
| 2023 | not reported | 22.5 | not reported | 4.8 |
| 2024 | 32.8 | 19.9 | 15.5 | 4.4 |
What gets reported
2024, by type
Larceny / theft
124
Burglary
30
Vehicle theft
17
Aggravated assault
67
Robbery
4
Rape
6
Homicide
4
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Chester safe
Local public safety
👮 Chester Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.
Next door
Chester and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people. Grade: the Safety Grade; — = not graded.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | — | 15.5 | 32.8 | 2024 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Eureka Mill, Gayle Mill.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can't tell you
- It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 5,200, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2024, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.