Safewise.com released their rankings of safest cities in South Carolina and Tega Cay improved four spots to number 4. Fort Mill, SC was ranked as the safest city in South Carolina after finishing fourth last year.
Tega Cay saw their violent crime rate increase from 0.4 to 0.6 incidents per 1000 residents. However the property crime rate dropped from 19 to 14 incidents per 1000 residents. In comparison to all of the South Carolina the violent crime rate is 5.2 and property crime rate is 25.9.
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Thomas Hyslip lives in Tega Cay with his wife and daughter. After 27 years in the U.S. Army and Federal Law Enforcement, he retired to pursue his passion for teaching. Tom is now an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of South Florida. In 2 short years he has won 10 awards from the South Carolina Press Association, including first place in column writing, education beat reporting and best podcast.
