Editing Simpsonville, South Carolina (section)

==Crime==
Simpsonville's 2006 crime statistics were higher than national average crime rates. Violent crimes in 2010 totalled 82 for the year.<ref>{{cite web|title=FBI Uniform Crime Reports|url=https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/table-8/10tbl08sc.xls|access-date=23 March 2014}}</ref> 2006 statistics of violent crime in Simpsonville reflect there was not one murder, reported incidents of rape were slightly higher than the national average (39 per 100,000 in Simpsonville, with a national average of 33 per 100,000), and incidents of aggravated assaults were what tipped the 2006 violent crime scales, tallying in at 75% over the national average.<ref name=crimesd>{{cite web |url=http://simpsonville.areaconnect.com/crime1.htm |title=Simpsonville Crime Statistics and Crime Data (Simpsonville, SC) |year=2006 |website=AreaConnect |access-date=May 17, 2021}}</ref> In 2007 the personal crime incidents rate tallied in at 6 per 1000 residents, while the national average was 1.3 per 1000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2007/snapshots/PL4566580.html|title=MONEY Magazine: Best places to live 2007: Simpsonville, SC snapshot|website=money.cnn.com}}</ref> In September 2007, the [[FBI]] reported that the state of South Carolina's violent crime rate was the highest in the nation per capita, although Simpsonville is not mentioned at all in the article.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709260329&source=email |title=S.C.'s violent crime rate again highest in nation |date=September 26, 2007 |location=Spartanburg, South Carolina |work=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]] |first=Adam |last=Beam |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604115336/http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709260329&source=email |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref> Simpsonville car theft in 2006 was lower than the national average,<ref name="crimesd" /> calling into question claims that Simpsonville had a high rate of car-jackings.

In 2017, Simpsonville was named the safest city in South Carolina, based on FBI Crime Report data gathered by the SafeWise security organization;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/golden-strip/2017/03/07/simpsonville-named-safest-city-sc/98616912/ |title=Simpsonville named safest city in SC |date=March 7, 2017 |work=The Greenville News |first=Tesalon |last=Felicien |access-date=May 18, 2021 |url-access=limited }}</ref> its ranking as of 2021 is 15th.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.safewise.com/blog/safest-cities-south-carolina/#list |title=South Carolina's 20 Safest Cities of 2021 |date=May 9, 2021 |website=SafeWise |first=Rebecca |last=Edwards |access-date=May 18, 2021 }}</ref>