County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led
At 766,149 residents, Cobb County is a very large county in Georgia. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Data updated 2026-08-24
Cobb County, GA has incomplete FBI UCR agency reporting for 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, agencies serving Cobb County, GA submitted 36 violent and 132 property offenses against a population of 766,149. Participation is voluntary, so incomplete filings are not a county crime measure and no safety grade is assigned from them.
Incomplete FBI reporting for this county
Law-enforcement agencies serving Cobb County reported 36 violent and 132 property offences to the FBI for 2024 against a population of 766,149. Reporting to the UCR Program is voluntary, and figures this low for a population this size mean agencies did not submit complete data, not that little crime occurred. The numbers below are what was reported; they are not a measure of this county's crime level, and no safety grade is assigned from them.
Reporting completeness
FBI UCR participation is voluntary, and the 2024 submission covering Cobb County does not pass the completeness test this site applies for a population of 766,149. The counts below are shown because they are what agencies reported, but they are not treated here as the county’s crime level, and Cobb County is excluded from rankings and comparisons on this site for 2024.
2024 reported record
Of the 168 Part I offences Cobb County reported for 2024, 21.4% were violent. Aggravated assault leads the violent categories at 31, and larceny-theft leads the property categories at 129, against a population of 766,149. Because this submission does not pass the completeness test, Cobb County is not placed against other Georgia counties.
On a very large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Property Crime | 132 |
| Burglary | 0 |
| Larceny-Theft | 129 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 3 |
| Arson | 0 |
| Violent Crime | 36 |
| Murder | 1 |
| Rape | 3 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 31 |
Cobb County's crime figures on this page originate from Cobb County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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.
A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Georgia counties closest to Cobb County in population. Their populations run from 251,283 to 1,066,710, against 766,149 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.
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