Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Athens-Clarke County, GA Crime Grade
How Athens-Clarke County 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Georgia
6/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Athens-Clarke County, GA was 345.2 per 100,000 residents (446 incidents over a population of 129,208). That puts Athens-Clarke County Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 19% above the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks Athens-Clarke County #2,823 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 25% of them, and #54 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is down 15% year over year and down 41% over the last five years.
Athens-Clarke County, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Georgia Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 345.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,823 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #54 of 90
- Safer than
- 25% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 15%
- 5-year change
- down 41%
- Population
- 129,208
- Reporting agency
- Athens-Clarke County Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Athens-Clarke County Police Department (FBI ORI GA0290100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Athens-Clarke County (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Athens-Clarke County 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 | 585.5(746) | 599.2(768) | 437.5(567) | 407.7(529) | 345.2(446) |
| Murder | 3.1(4) | 3.1(4) | 3.9(5) | 3.9(5) | 0.8(1) |
| Rape | 87.1(111) | 122.5(157) | 62.5(81) | 45.5(59) | 31.7(41) |
| Robbery | 73.8(94) | 52.3(67) | 61.7(80) | 40.8(53) | 32.5(42) |
| Aggravated assault | 421.5(537) | 421.3(540) | 309.4(401) | 317.5(412) | 280.2(362) |
| Property crime | 2816.1(3,588) | 2685.3(3,442) | 2591.1(3,358) | 2308.0(2,995) | 1960.4(2,533) |
| Burglary | 313.9(400) | 333.9(428) | 245.4(318) | 230.4(299) | 142.4(184) |
| Larceny | 2139.5(2,726) | 2058.1(2,638) | 2115.1(2,741) | 1895.7(2,460) | 1680.2(2,171) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 344.6(439) | 272.3(349) | 220.7(286) | 168.8(219) | 126.9(164) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Athens-Clarke County, 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 Athens-Clarke County 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 Athens-Clarke County calculated?
- Athens-Clarke County'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 Athens-Clarke County 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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