City Travel Stats

Charleston

United States · North America

81Safety indexLower concern
1CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions
5/5metric categories covered
Open comparison
32.78°, -79.93°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Charleston sits mid-table in our index at 81 out of 100, safer than about 48% of the cities we score.

The homicide rate is 4.5 per 100,000, roughly 2.8 times the median for the cities we track, and it is reported for the city itself. Recorded robbery is 43.3 per 100,000. Police figures count only reported incidents, so treat that as a floor. The three governments we track for the United States, Canada, Britain, and Australia, all hold it at their lowest advisory level. Each of those advisories still names pickpocketing and scams as risks for visitors. On perception, 60% of people said they feel safe walking alone at night, though that result is for the country as a whole rather than Charleston on its own.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime9
Robbery & theft8
Travel advisory0
The radar shows the three sourced, comparable risk measures (homicide, robbery, the strictest travel-advisory level). Tourist petty-crime signals are a different kind of measure — how often advisories mention them — so they are shown as rows under Tourist-specific incidents, not as radar axes.

Homicide / general violence

Intentional homicides (per 100,000)
4.5/100k

Primary source: FBI Crime Data Explorer — Charleston Police Department

Where this sits on the scaleElevated
01·3·8·20·40 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 32% of tracked cities
4.5/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
43.3/100k

Primary source: FBI Crime Data Explorer — Charleston Police Department

Where this sits on the scaleGuarded
040·120·250·400·600 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 70% of tracked cities
43.3/100k
0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department

No advisory on record.

Global Affairs Canada
1CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — United States Travel Advice and Advisories

UK FCDO
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — United States travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — United States travel advice

Perceived safety

How safe people say they feel, from official population surveys — a separate signal, not part of the Safety Index.
Feel safe walking alone at night
National survey
60%feel safe
60% of people surveyed · United States · 2023
Survey figure is for United States (country), wider than Charleston itself.

Primary source: UN SDG 16.1.4 — feel safe walking alone at night (UNODC)

Tourist-specific incidents

How often government travel advisories mention each — a source-consensus signal, not a risk rate.
Pickpocketing & petty theft in travel advisories
1 of 2 advisories mention this
project-atlas count: 1 of 2 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.
Based on only 2 reviewed advisories — a thin sample; treat as indicative.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — United States travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud in travel advisories
1 of 2 advisories mention this
project-atlas count: 1 of 2 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.
Based on only 2 reviewed advisories — a thin sample; treat as indicative.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — United States travel advice (Safety and security)