Cartersville, GA carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 25% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Cartersville, GA shows violent crime at 262.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,687.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 25% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
262.3/100K violent
1687.4/100K property
-25% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Cartersville, GA
Comparable rate records
Cartersville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Georgia cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Cartersville's 262.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Locust Grove (258.8), Manchester (256.3), Hampton (254.2), Kennesaw (253.3). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 359.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 262.3 in 2024 (-27.0%). The highest observed value was 574.6 in 2021 and the lowest 262.3 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Cartersville sits mid-pack among comparable Georgia cities
At 262.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Cartersville ranks 73 of 186 — above 113 of the 185 other Georgia cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +31.7% 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.
Property counts dominate Cartersville'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.
Cartersville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 28.7 Census sq mi, Cartersville logged 15 property and 2.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Cartersville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (76% of 498 offenses; mix index 5,930).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (28.7 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
-36.4%
412.5 → 262.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-21.8%
2157.2 → 1687.4/100K
Property offenses lead Cartersville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs GA
Property Crime
431
1687.4
1567.1
Larceny-Theft
379
1483.8
-
Burglary
29
113.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
23
90
-
Arson
2
7.8
-
Violent Crime
67
262.3
299.6
Aggravated Assault
42
164.4
-
Rape
14
54.8
-
Robbery
10
39.1
-
Murder
1
3.9
-
Cartersville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Cartersville 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
Cartersville Police Department
Reporting agency for Cartersville NIBRS-participating
Cartersville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Cartersville's 498 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 Cartersville in population. Their populations run from 21,064 to 28,124, against 25,543 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Cartersville reported 67 violent crimes and 431 property crimes, for a total of 498 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Cartersville?
From 2023 to 2024, Cartersville's violent crime rate decreased by 36.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 21.8%.
What is the most common crime in Cartersville?
The most common crime type in Cartersville is larceny-theft, accounting for 76.1% of all reported crimes (379 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Cartersville 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 Cartersville, GA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.