Georgia Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities
Crime data for 187 cities and 112 counties in Georgia (GA), ranked from safest to most dangerous. Data from 662 law enforcement agencies.
FBI UCR Data Snapshot: Georgia
Georgia (GA) reported 33,497 violent crimes and 175,221 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 662 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 299.6 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1567.1 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 11,180,878. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 187 Georgia cities and 112 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.
Within the statewide violent crime total, aggravated assault accounted for 0 incidents, robbery 0, murder and non-negligent manslaughter 0, and rape 0. Property crime splits across larceny-theft (0), burglary (0), motor vehicle theft (0), and arson (0).
Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 370 to 299.6 per 100,000 — a decline of 19%. City-level detail pages within Georgia include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.
Safest Cities
Top 50 by lowest violent crime rate
Most Dangerous Cities
Top 50 by highest violent crime rate
Crime Trends
Multi-year charts & analysis
Crime Trends
| Year | Population | Violent Crime | Rate | Property Crime | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11,180,878 | 33,497 | 299.6 | 175,221 | 1567.1 |
| 2023 | 11,029,227 | 37,288 | 338.1 | 192,697 | 1747.1 |
| 2022 | 10,912,876 | 39,667 | 363.5 | 177,537 | 1626.9 |
| 2021 | 10,799,596 | 35,591 | 329.6 | 160,286 | 1484.2 |
| 2020 | 10,710,017 | 27,918 | 260.7 | 139,316 | 1300.8 |
| 2019 | 10,617,423 | 27,665 | 260.6 | 204,088 | 1922.2 |
| 2018 | 10,519,475 | 33,236 | 315.9 | 259,385 | 2465.8 |
| 2017 | 10,429,379 | 32,262 | 309.3 | 255,440 | 2449.2 |
| 2016 | 10,310,371 | 39,326 | 381.4 | 308,505 | 2992.2 |
| 2015 | 10,214,860 | 36,521 | 357.5 | 302,017 | 2956.6 |
| 2014 | 10,097,343 | 37,363 | 370 | 333,838 | 3306.2 |
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Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.
Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable.
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