Crime Score for ZIP 29436, South Carolina
South Carolina · Berkeley County · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Higher crime than 51.51% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#5,275
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
South Carolina rank
#65
of 213 in state
Score index
66.7
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 29436 in Berkeley County, South Carolina. In July 2026 it scored in the 51.5th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Above Average rating, above the national midpoint for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #5,275, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within South Carolina it ranks #65 of 213. That is 13.3 points above the South Carolina median of 38.2. It fell 10.11 percentile points between June 2026 and July 2026, from 61.62 to 51.51.
Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.
Monthly history
| Month | Percentile | National rank | State rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026(latest) | 51.51 | #5,275 | #65 |
| June 2026 | 61.62 | #4,652 | #56 |
Nearby ZIP codes
4 of 6 score lower than 29436. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 29436
- Is ZIP code 29436 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 29436 scores in the 51.5th percentile for reported crime as of July 2026, which is a Above Average rating: above the national midpoint for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
- How is the crime score for 29436 calculated?
- SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
- How does 29436 compare with the rest of South Carolina?
- It ranks #65 of 213 scored ZIP codes in South Carolina, against a state median of the 38.2th percentile. Nationally it ranks #5,275 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.