County crime profile · 2024 · mid-size county · property-led

Thomas County, GA

Thomas County (45,798 people) sits in the mid-size county band in Georgia. This page opens with reported offense counts, then rates where a Census join exists.

Data updated 2026-08-24

310
Property offenses
32
Violent offenses
342
Total · 2024

Thomas County, GA reported 70 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Thomas County, GA agencies reported 32 violent and 310 property offenses. That equals about 70 violent and 677 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.

  • 2024 UCR year
  • 32 violent offenses
  • 70/100K violent rate

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Thomas County, GA

2020–2024 direction

The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower

Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 137.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 69.9 in 2024 (-49.2%). The highest observed value was 187.8 in 2022 and the lowest 69.9 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

Thomas County sits mid-pack among comparable Georgia counties

At 69.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Thomas County ranks 67 of 94 — above 27 of the 93 other Georgia counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -37.3% against the cohort median of 111.4. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.

Offense mix

The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort

Violent offenses are 9.4% of the 342 Part I offenses reported in Thomas County for 2024, against a median of 16.9% across comparable Georgia counties — a gap of 7.5 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.

Mid-size county rows still aggregate voluntary UCR submissions. Per-100,000 rates need a matched 2020 Census population; unmatched stay count-only. County-wide totals rarely describe any single town inside the line.

Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · mid-size county

Category Count
Property Crime 310
Burglary 54
Larceny-Theft 233
Motor Vehicle Theft 23
Arson 4
Violent Crime 32
Murder 1
Rape 8
Robbery 7
Aggravated Assault 16

Reporting Agency

Thomas County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating

Thomas County's crime figures on this page originate from Thomas 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.

Similar-Size Counties in Georgia

A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Georgia counties closest to Thomas County in population. Their populations run from 42,853 to 46,031, against 45,798 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.

Nationwide peers for Thomas County

Similar violent rate (~70/100K)

Similar property rate (~677/100K)

ZIP Codes in Thomas County

State atlas: Georgia · Compare · Rankings

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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