Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2022
Calhoun, GA Crime Grade
How Calhoun 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 2022, the violent crime rate in Calhoun, GA was 307.1 per 100,000 residents (54 incidents over a population of 17,585). That puts Calhoun 23% below the U.S. rate of 398.1 and 22% below the Georgia statewide rate of 391.6.
That ranks Calhoun #2,674 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 29% of them, and #51 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and roughly flat over the last five years.
Calhoun, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Georgia Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 307.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,674 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #51 of 90
- Safer than
- 29% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- roughly flat
- Population
- 17,585
- Reporting agency
- Calhoun Police Department
- Data year
- 2022 · FBI UCR
Reported by Calhoun Police Department (FBI ORI GA0640100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Calhoun, GA
Also known as
- Oothcaloga Depot
- Fork Ferry
- Dawsonville
- Oothcaloga
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. Calhoun (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Calhoun vs. U.S., 2022 — 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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 308.8(51) | 298.8(51) | 460.1(80) | 349.9(62) | 307.1(54) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 24.2(4) | 11.7(2) | 34.5(6) | 45.1(8) | 34.1(6) |
| Robbery | 36.3(6) | 17.6(3) | 34.5(6) | 16.9(3) | 11.4(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 248.3(41) | 269.5(46) | 391.1(68) | 287.8(51) | 261.6(46) |
| Property crime | 2973.4(491) | 2161.8(369) | 2726.2(474) | 1997.9(354) | 2638.6(464) |
| Burglary | 423.9(70) | 193.3(33) | 149.5(26) | 152.4(27) | 187.7(33) |
| Larceny | 2422.3(400) | 1874.7(320) | 2461.6(428) | 1783.4(316) | 2325.8(409) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 127.2(21) | 93.7(16) | 115.0(20) | 62.1(11) | 125.1(22) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Calhoun, 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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun calculated?
- Calhoun'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 Calhoun 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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