According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime statistics, Nichols is safer than 70% of the cities and towns in the US of all population sizes. In South Carolina, only on the order of 16% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Nichols. If you live in Nichols, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in the community is 1 in 56. The US average across communities from the largest to the smallest is 1 in 43.

However, when you compare Nichols to other communities of similar population, then Nichols crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Nichols does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Nichols does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Nichols.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Nichols occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Nichols; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 224. This equates to a rate of 4 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Nichols's rate for property crime is 13 per one thousand population. This makes Nichols a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Nichols is one in 75.