Crime Grade · Georgia

Safest Cities in Georgia

90 reporting Georgia cities ranked safest to least safe, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 277.2 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Holly Springs	21,102	0.0	A1/10
2	Grovetown	18,359	21.8	A1/10
3	Peachtree City	41,378	26.6	A1/10
4	Milton	41,571	33.7	A1/10
5	Jefferson	16,643	36.1	A1/10
6	Johns Creek	80,930	39.5	A1/10
7	Rincon	11,878	42.1	A1/10
8	Acworth	22,673	44.1	A1/10
9	Auburn	10,853	46.1	A1/10
10	Flowery Branch	13,105	61.0	A1/10
11	Loganville	17,366	63.3	A1/10
12	Savannah	242,372	67.3	A1/10
13	Braselton	18,495	70.3	A1/10
14	Woodstock	40,492	88.9	A1/10
15	Villa Rica	19,137	94.1	A1/10
16	Dallas	15,276	98.2	A1/10
17	Pooler	30,962	106.6	A1/10
18	Roswell	92,178	109.6	A1/10
19	Sandy Springs	104,987	113.3	A1/10
20	Canton	39,311	117.0	A1/10
21	Suwanee	23,606	131.3	A2/10
22	Decatur	24,112	132.7	A2/10
23	Perry	25,866	146.9	A2/10
24	Lilburn	16,735	149.4	A2/10
25	Kingsland	21,465	158.4	A2/10
26	Cairo	10,028	159.6	A2/10
27	Dunwoody	51,850	160.1	A2/10
28	Fayetteville	20,786	163.6	A2/10
29	Duluth	33,465	164.4	A2/10
30	Port Wentworth	15,911	169.7	A2/10
31	Snellville	22,799	171.1	A2/10
32	Richmond Hill	20,687	183.7	A3/10
33	Douglas	11,858	185.5	A3/10
34	Winder	21,226	188.4	A3/10
35	Kennesaw	38,937	190.1	A3/10
36	Lawrenceville	32,222	198.6	A3/10
37	Fairburn	17,474	200.3	A3/10
38	Carrollton	28,697	216.1	A3/10
39	Powder Springs	15,214	216.9	A3/10
40	Alpharetta	67,702	218.6	A3/10
41	Dalton	35,108	219.3	A3/10
42	Fort Oglethorpe	10,686	224.6	A3/10
43	Smyrna	57,432	236.8	A3/10
44	Locust Grove	12,497	248.1	A3/10
45	Brookhaven	60,038	256.5	A3/10
46	Monroe	16,597	277.2	B4/10
47	Norcross	18,213	280.0	B4/10
48	Statesboro	35,685	285.8	B4/10
49	Cartersville	25,574	297.2	B4/10
50	Marietta	63,354	298.3	B4/10
51	Calhoun	17,585	307.1	B4/10
52	Newnan	46,253	335.1	B4/10
53	McDonough	33,140	338.0	B4/10
54	Athens-Clarke County	129,208	345.2	B4/10
55	St. Marys	20,537	345.7	B4/10
56	Columbus	200,622	363.4	B5/10
57	Covington	15,581	391.5	B5/10
58	Conyers	20,865	393.0	B5/10
59	Gainesville	49,204	402.4	B5/10
60	Chamblee	32,886	425.7	B5/10
61	Thomasville	18,540	426.1	B5/10
62	Stockbridge	35,932	431.4	B5/10
63	Doraville	12,959	432.1	B5/10
64	Vidalia	10,888	459.2	B5/10
65	Valdosta	55,729	473.7	B5/10
66	South Fulton	113,122	476.5	B5/10
67	Douglasville	42,134	491.3	C6/10
68	Cedartown	10,352	492.7	C6/10
69	Warner Robins	87,667	508.7	C6/10
70	Riverdale	16,435	529.4	C6/10
71	Bainbridge	14,613	533.8	C6/10
72	Rome	38,969	562.0	C6/10
73	Forest Park	19,184	563.0	C6/10
74	Garden City	10,570	586.6	C6/10
75	Moultrie	14,793	594.9	C6/10
76	Waycross	13,608	654.0	C7/10
77	LaGrange	34,257	721.0	C7/10
78	Atlanta	525,939	722.7	C7/10
79	Albany	66,132	731.9	C7/10
80	Milledgeville	16,576	736.0	C7/10
81	Hinesville	36,972	749.2	C7/10
82	Clarkston	14,285	777.0	C7/10
83	Dublin	15,756	806.0	D8/10
84	Griffin	24,132	857.8	D8/10
85	Union City	21,647	859.2	D8/10
86	Americus	15,632	889.2	D8/10
87	Tifton	16,908	1177.0	F9/10
88	East Point	38,222	1214.0	F9/10
89	College Park	13,983	1301.6	F9/10
90	Brunswick	14,650	1392.5	F9/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.