Fitzgerald, GA carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 11% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Fitzgerald, GA shows violent crime at 392.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,362.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 11% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
392.3/100K violent
3362.5/100K property
+11% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Fitzgerald, GA
Comparable rate records
Fitzgerald's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Georgia cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Fitzgerald's 392.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are McRae-Helena (388.3), Stockbridge (384.7), Pine Mountain (384.3), Hahira (401.8). 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
Fitzgerald reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Georgia cities
At 392.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Fitzgerald ranks 46 of 186 — above 140 of the 185 other Georgia cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +96.9% 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 476.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 392.3 in 2024 (-17.6%). The highest observed value was 1149.6 in 2022 and the lowest 392.3 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Fitzgerald'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.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Fitzgerald's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 9.1 Census sq mi, Fitzgerald logged 33.1 property and 3.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Fitzgerald's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (75% of 335 offenses; mix index 5,822).
Violent offenses are only 10% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (9.1 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
-61.4%
1016.9 → 392.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-17.6%
4079.1 → 3362.5/100K
Property offenses lead Fitzgerald's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs GA
vs US avg
Property Crime
300
3362.5
1567.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
252
2824.5
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
28
313.8
-
-
Burglary
20
224.2
-
-
Arson
1
11.2
-
-
Violent Crime
35
392.3
299.6
352
Aggravated Assault
24
269
-
-
Rape
8
89.7
-
-
Robbery
2
22.4
-
-
Murder
1
11.2
-
-
Fitzgerald Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Fitzgerald 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
Fitzgerald Police Department
Reporting agency for Fitzgerald NIBRS-participating
Fitzgerald Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Fitzgerald's 335 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 Fitzgerald in population. Their populations run from 7,879 to 10,338, against 8,922 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Fitzgerald reported 35 violent crimes and 300 property crimes, for a total of 335 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Fitzgerald?
From 2023 to 2024, Fitzgerald's violent crime rate decreased by 61.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 17.6%.
What is the most common crime in Fitzgerald?
The most common crime type in Fitzgerald is larceny-theft, accounting for 75.2% of all reported crimes (252 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Fitzgerald is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Fitzgerald, GA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.