Crime & Safety in Aiken
Aiken's crime data reads more favorably than Sumter's or Florence's in this dataset -- an overall C grade, versus D+ for both -- though the underlying figures use a genuinely different, percentage-based methodology that cannot be directly compared numerically to the per-1,000/per-100k figures used for those other two markets.
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Learn moreA real, disclosed unit-methodology caveat
Aiken's crime data was cited by Niche using raw percentages -- an overall crime rate of 4.53%, a violent crime rate of 0.57%, and a property crime rate of 3.96% -- a genuinely different unit and methodology than the per-1,000-residents or per-100,000-residents figures used for Sumter and Florence elsewhere in this dataset. This source's exact percentage basis was not independently confirmed this pass, so these figures should NOT be directly compared numerically against the other three SC markets in this wave.
Directionally, Aiken reads as safer than Sumter or Florence in this dataset
Aiken's overall crime GRADE (C) reads as meaningfully better than the D+ grades cited for both Sumter and Florence in this dataset -- a real, if not precisely quantified in comparable units, directional signal that Aiken's crime profile is less severe than those two markets.
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Per site policy, no specific Aiken neighborhood is named as unsafe in this file. Crime concentration varies by specific area within any city; readers should check block-level data directly with more than one source for a specific address under consideration.
Key takeaways
- Aiken's crime data uses a genuinely different percentage-based methodology than the per-1,000/per-100k figures cited for Sumter and Florence -- not directly comparable in raw numbers.
- Aiken's overall crime GRADE (C) reads as meaningfully better, directionally, than the D+ grades cited for Sumter and Florence in this dataset.
- No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe per site policy -- check block-level data directly with more than one source for a specific address.
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