Charleston, South Carolina: chart of crime statistics vs national average (2011)

The following table shows Charleston's crime rate for six crimes that Morgan Quitno uses to calculate the ranking of "America's most dangerous cities", in comparison to the national average. The statistics shown are not for the actual number of crimes committed, but for the number of crimes committed per 100,000 people.

Reference 1: Charleston, SC (2011) and National Average.

Reference 2: Murder, Rape, Robbery, Assault, Burglary, Theft, Auto thefts and Arson.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina