According to the Congressional Quarterly Press 2008 City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America, Sumter Statistical Metropolitan Area ranks as having the fifth highest overall crime rate out of 338 statistical metropolitan areas in the United States. See city crime stats and city crime 2008Archived 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine; CQ Press
According to the Congressional Quarterly Press 2008 City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America, Sumter Statistical Metropolitan Area ranks as having the fifth highest overall crime rate out of 338 statistical metropolitan areas in the United States. See city crime stats and city crime 2008Archived 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine; CQ Press