Lawrenceville, GA carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 8% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Lawrenceville, GA shows violent crime at 324.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,172.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 8% 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
324.1/100K violent
2172.7/100K property
-8% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Lawrenceville, GA
Comparable rate records
Lawrenceville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Georgia cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Lawrenceville's 324.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Metter (326.9), Monroe (320.2), Claxton (329.1), Cave Spring (330.6). 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
Lawrenceville sits mid-pack among comparable Georgia cities
At 324.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Lawrenceville ranks 60 of 186 — above 126 of the 185 other Georgia cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +62.7% 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.
2021–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 352.3 per 100,000 in 2021 to 324.1 in 2024 (-8.0%). The highest observed value was 372.3 in 2022 and the lowest 281.0 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Lawrenceville'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.
Lawrenceville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 13.8 Census sq mi, Lawrenceville logged 49.1 property and 7.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Lawrenceville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (66% of 778 offenses; mix index 4,701).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (13.8 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
+15.3%
281 → 324.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-0.5%
2182.6 → 2172.7/100K
Property offenses lead Lawrenceville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs GA
Property Crime
677
2172.7
1567.1
Larceny-Theft
512
1643.1
-
Burglary
124
397.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
41
131.6
-
Arson
2
6.4
-
Violent Crime
101
324.1
299.6
Aggravated Assault
70
224.6
-
Robbery
16
51.3
-
Rape
12
38.5
-
Murder
3
9.6
-
Lawrenceville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2020 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Lawrenceville property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Lawrenceville Police Department
Reporting agency for Lawrenceville NIBRS-participating
Lawrenceville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Lawrenceville's 778 reported offenses (4-year span 2021-2024).
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 Lawrenceville in population. Their populations run from 28,124 to 34,788, against 31,160 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Lawrenceville reported 101 violent crimes and 677 property crimes, for a total of 778 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Lawrenceville?
From 2023 to 2024, Lawrenceville's violent crime rate increased by 15.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 0.5%.
What is the most common crime in Lawrenceville?
The most common crime type in Lawrenceville is larceny-theft, accounting for 65.8% of all reported crimes (512 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Lawrenceville 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 Lawrenceville, GA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.