CrimeMetric

Crime in Barnwell, South Carolina

Major crime in Barnwell is 1.6 times the U.S. rate per resident: 2.1 times for persons crimes and 48% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.4% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
158
1.6 times the U.S. rate
42% above the South Carolina rate
down 7.4% in a year
Persons crimes
207
2.1 times the U.S. rate
1.8 times the South Carolina rate
down 3.8% in a year
Property crimes
148
48% above the U.S. rate
34% above the South Carolina rate
down 8.5% in a year
Social disorder
174
1.7 times the U.S. rate
37% above the South Carolina rate
down 5.8% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Murder stands out most, at 4.3 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Barnwell for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Barnwell

The middle half of Barnwell residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 66 and 234; the typical (median) resident's is 86. The citywide figure (158) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Barnwell, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–10055.5%
  • 100–20014.7%
  • 200–40021.2%
  • 400+8.5%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekend daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm156
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am139
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm189
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am178
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.4% in a year; across South Carolina it fell 7.5%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.4%SC -7.5%-14.0%SC -8.1%
Persons crimes-3.8%SC -5.2%-1.7%SC +4.5%
Property crimes-8.5%SC -8.1%-17.8%SC -11.0%
Social disorder-5.8%SC -7.2%-8.2%SC -1.7%

Change in expected crimes, with South Carolina as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Barnwell against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

233 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Barnwell; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Columbia, MS6,585161
Barnwell, SC6,582158
Oceano, CA6,58479

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Barnwell has a higher major-crime index than 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Williston (11 mi), is 8% above Barnwell's rate.

Orangeburg33 mi272
Bamberg20 mi253
Brookdale36 mi204
Aiken29 mi191
Estill35 mi186
Williston11 mi171
Barnwell158
Clearwater37 mi144
Denmark14 mi124

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Barnwell

What are the most common crimes in Barnwell?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 60 a year), aggravated assault (about 37 a year) and shoplifting (about 33 a year). Compared with the U.S., murder stands out most: 4.3 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Barnwell's figures add up its 6 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Barnwell has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 10.3% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 6,582. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Barnwell, South Carolina." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/sc/barnwell

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100