Is James Island safe? United States travel risk
Is James Island safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
James Island scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
James Island scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to James Island: nearest emergency and transport facilities.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 36 is higher than 32% of the cities we score.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
In the South Carolina territory, James Island is established at 32.7353° N, 79.9394° W. It lies 734.8 km NNE relative to Washington. Time zone observed: America/New_York.
South Carolina
32.7353° N, 79.9394° W
4 m
America/New_York
11,738
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Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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