


Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a city's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime.

In fact, after researching dangerous places to live, NeighborhoodScout found North Charleston to be one of the top 100 most dangerous cities in the U.S.A. Within South Carolina, more than 91% of the communities have a lower crime rate than North Charleston. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 16.

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