Georgia Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
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Georgia displays a 62.97-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Savannah, Georgia at 86.37 points out of 100 versus Atlanta, Georgia at 23.4.
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Georgia displays 6 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 463 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 6 displayed profiles have scores.
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Georgia has 3 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 2 increasing and 1 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
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Atlanta, Georgia has a reporting population of 499,287 residents versus 107,198 in Sandy Springs, Georgia, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Georgia is Savannah with an adjusted safety score of 86.37 out of 100, ranked across 6 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
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Georgia city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 6 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah | #1 of 6 | 147,546 | 86.37 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
| Sandy Springs | #2 of 6 | 107,198 | 66.02 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Athens | #3 of 6 | 137,811 | 56.7 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Columbus | #4 of 6 | 204,383 | 38.99 | → Stable | View Report → |
| South Fulton | #5 of 6 | 109,157 | 35.74 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Atlanta | #6 of 6 | 499,287 | 23.4 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 6 jurisdictions listed above.
Georgia in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Motor vehicle theft -33% (34,477 to 23,076), burglary -27%, homicide -23%, robbery -17%, larceny-theft -16%, aggravated assault -8%.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 257,375 of 585,532 reports (44.0%); larceny-theft alone is 161,639 (27.6%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 52% of homicides cleared vs 11% of motor vehicle thefts and 12% of burglaries (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 1,146 reports in 2025 vs 1,492 in 2024 (-23%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Simple assault (102,872) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (48,788, 8.3% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in May (14,782) and troughed in Nov (12,239), a 1.2× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 164 of 515 agencies reported motor vehicle theft in December 2025 (vs 168 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 515 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
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Georgia monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Larceny-theft, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 161639 reports vs 191719 in 2024 (down 16% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 13,467 | 175 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 13,177 | 176 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 14,002 | 176 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 14,007 | 177 | Full |
| May 2025 | 14,782 | 172 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 14,321 | 172 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 13,663 | 171 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 12,710 | 169 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 12,966 | 170 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 13,391 | 170 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 12,239 | 170 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 12,914 | 170 | Full |
Simple assault, month by month
→ Stable, 102872 reports vs 112274 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 8,336 | 170 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 8,085 | 171 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 9,588 | 171 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 8,888 | 171 | Full |
| May 2025 | 9,961 | 167 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 8,581 | 167 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 7,917 | 166 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 8,424 | 164 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 8,639 | 165 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 8,435 | 165 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 8,068 | 165 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 7,950 | 164 | Full |
Drug/Narcotic Violations, month by month
→ Stable, 57128 reports vs 54175 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 4,376 | 177 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 4,603 | 178 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 5,298 | 178 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 4,967 | 179 | Full |
| May 2025 | 5,000 | 174 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 4,736 | 174 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 4,831 | 173 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 4,973 | 171 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 4,625 | 172 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 4,865 | 172 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 4,416 | 172 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 4,438 | 171 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
52% of homicides cleared vs 11% of motor vehicle thefts, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1,146 | 597 | 52.1% |
| Aggravated Assault | 34,334 | 12,972 | 37.8% |
| Robbery | 5,065 | 1,270 | 25.1% |
| Burglary | 23,531 | 2,739 | 11.6% |
| Larceny-theft | 161,639 | 25,459 | 15.8% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 23,076 | 2,425 | 10.5% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
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Georgia city reports
- Savannah safety report: #1 of 6, population 147,546, score 86.37, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
- Sandy Springs safety report: #2 of 6, population 107,198, score 66.02, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Athens safety report: #3 of 6, population 137,811, score 56.7, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Columbus safety report: #4 of 6, population 204,383, score 38.99, and the displayed trajectory is → Stable.
- South Fulton safety report: #5 of 6, population 109,157, score 35.74, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Atlanta safety report: #6 of 6, population 499,287, score 23.4, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
Reading the comparison
Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
Georgia reporting agencies recorded 14,782 larceny-theft offenses in May 2025 versus 12,239 in Nov 2025, a difference of 2,543 reports; 172 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 170 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 161,639 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Georgia reporting agencies recorded 9,961 simple assault offenses in May 2025 versus 7,917 in Jul 2025, a difference of 2,044 reports; 167 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 166 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 102,872 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Georgia reporting agencies recorded 5,298 drug/narcotic violations offenses in Mar 2025 versus 4,376 in Jan 2025, a difference of 922 reports; 178 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 177 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 57,128 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Georgia reporting agencies recorded 597 cleared homicide offenses against 1,146 reports received in 2025 (52.1%), compared with 2,425 cleared motor vehicle theft offenses against 23,076 reports (10.5%), a 41.6-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
Savannah, Georgia records 86.37 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 35.17 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 51.20; its reporting population of 147,546 residents accounts for 12.2% of the 1,205,382 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Atlanta, Georgia records 23.4 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 27.80 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 51.20; its reporting population of 499,287 residents accounts for 41.4% of the 1,205,382 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
South Fulton, Georgia records 35.74 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 15.46 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 51.20; its reporting population of 109,157 residents accounts for 9.1% of the 1,205,382 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Georgia reporting-agency sums contain 161,639 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 191,719 in 2024, 30,080 reports (15.7%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 168 to 189 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Georgia reporting-agency sums contain 102,872 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 112,274 in 2024, 9,402 reports (8.4%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 164 to 186 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Georgia reporting-agency sums contain 55,692 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 63,646 in 2024, 7,954 reports (12.5%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 172 to 193 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the Georgia directory
The scoring run contains 463 reportable jurisdictions in Georgia. This public directory displays the 6 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, Savannah has the highest adjusted score at 86.37, and Atlanta has the lowest at 23.4. The public-cohort range is 62.97 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 3 decreasing, 1 stable, and 2 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
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