📄 South Carolina State Historical Crime Data (1979–2024) – Product Description
 
Overview
This package provides a complete, research-ready dataset of historical crime statistics for the state of South Carolina, covering 1979 through 2024. The dataset is standardized and formatted for easy analysis, visualization, and integration into your projects.
 
Data Coverage
The package includes an annual counts xlsx and charts showing population-adjusted rates (per 100,000 residents) for the following categories:
Violent Crime (total)
Property Crime (total)
Homicide
Rape (legacy definition and revised definition)
Robbery
Aggravated Assault
Burglary
Larceny-Theft
Motor Vehicle Theft
 
Data Sources
FBI Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) / Crime Data Explorer
Data standardized into tidy time-series format for South Carolina.
Population estimates included for rate calculations.
 
Notes & Caveats
Rape statistics are presented in both legacy and revised definitions (post-2013 change in FBI reporting).
Some historical values may reflect changes in reporting practices or missing years; data are shown as provided by the FBI.
Crime categories may not sum exactly due to rounding.
 
Format
Excel file (long format, one row per state-year).
Includes both raw counts and population-adjusted rates.
Ready for direct use in analysis tools (Excel, R, Python, Google Sheets, Datawrapper, etc.).