Bainbridge, GA carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 38% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Bainbridge, GA shows violent crime at 486 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,145.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 38% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
486/100K violent
3145.4/100K property
+38% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Bainbridge, GA
Comparable rate records
Bainbridge's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Georgia cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Bainbridge's 486.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Gainesville (488.3), Dawson (483.1), South Fulton (470.5), Hazlehurst (516.5). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Bainbridge reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Georgia cities
At 486.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Bainbridge ranks 38 of 186 — above 148 of the 185 other Georgia cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +144.0% against the cohort median of 199.2. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 766.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 486.0 in 2024 (-36.6%). The highest observed value was 766.3 in 2020 and the lowest 486.0 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Bainbridge's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Bainbridge's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 20.5 Census sq mi, Bainbridge logged 22.1 property and 3.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Bainbridge's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (64% of 523 offenses; mix index 4,495).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (20.5 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-29.9%
693 → 486/100K
Property Crime Rate
+3%
3054.7 → 3145.4/100K
Property offenses lead Bainbridge's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs GA
vs US avg
Property Crime
453
3145.4
1567.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
336
2333
-
-
Burglary
78
541.6
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
39
270.8
-
-
Arson
2
13.9
-
-
Violent Crime
70
486
299.6
352
Aggravated Assault
47
326.3
-
-
Rape
12
83.3
-
-
Robbery
9
62.5
-
-
Murder
2
13.9
-
-
Bainbridge Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Bainbridge property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Bainbridge Police Department
Reporting agency for Bainbridge NIBRS-participating
Bainbridge Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Bainbridge's 523 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Georgia
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Georgia cities closest to Bainbridge in population. Their populations run from 13,644 to 16,240, against 14,402 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Bainbridge reported 70 violent crimes and 453 property crimes, for a total of 523 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Bainbridge?
From 2023 to 2024, Bainbridge's violent crime rate decreased by 29.9%, and the property crime rate increased by 3%.
What is the most common crime in Bainbridge?
The most common crime type in Bainbridge is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.2% of all reported crimes (336 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Bainbridge figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Bainbridge, GA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.