Crime rates for North Augusta, SC

About North Augusta crime rates

The crime rate in North Augusta is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 47 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in North Augusta is 1 in 21. Based on FBI crime data, North Augusta is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to South Carolina, North Augusta has a crime rate that is higher than 62% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare North Augusta to other communities of similar population, then North Augusta crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how North Augusta does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how North Augusta does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in North Augusta.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in North Augusta occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in North Augusta; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 523. This equates to a rate of 2 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in North Augusta is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In North Augusta, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 22, which is a rate of 45 per one thousand population.