Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Acworth, GA Crime Grade
How Acworth grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Georgia — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Georgia
1/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Acworth, GA was 44.1 per 100,000 residents (10 incidents over a population of 22,673). That puts Acworth 86% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 85% below the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks Acworth #414 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 89% of them, and #8 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is up 64% year over year and down 60% over the last five years.
Acworth, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Georgia Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 44.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #414 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #8 of 90
- Safer than
- 89% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 64%
- 5-year change
- down 60%
- Population
- 22,673
- Reporting agency
- Acworth Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Acworth Police Department (FBI ORI GA0330500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Acworth, GA
Also known as
- Northcutt Station
- Ackworth
History
Named in 1843 by Joseph L Gregg for the town in New Hampshire which was named for Lord Acworth, an English nobleman. Incorporated on 1 December 1840. (GA-T21/p1)
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Acworth (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Acworth vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 108.9(25) | 112.8(25) | 49.5(11) | 26.8(6) | 44.1(10) |
| Murder | 4.4(1) | 9.0(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 4.4(1) | 18.0(4) | 4.5(1) | 13.4(3) | 4.4(1) |
| Robbery | 8.7(2) | 22.6(5) | 4.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 91.5(21) | 63.1(14) | 40.5(9) | 13.4(3) | 39.7(9) |
| Property crime | 1428.8(328) | 1249.4(277) | 1264.9(281) | 1211.8(271) | 873.3(198) |
| Burglary | 126.3(29) | 45.1(10) | 45.0(10) | 22.4(5) | 4.4(1) |
| Larceny | 1197.9(275) | 1163.7(258) | 1197.3(266) | 1167.1(261) | 811.5(184) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 100.2(23) | 40.6(9) | 22.5(5) | 22.4(5) | 57.3(13) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Acworth, GA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Acworth Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Acworth calculated?
- Acworth's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Georgia state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Georgia cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Acworth Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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