Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Columbus, GA Crime Grade
How Columbus 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
7/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Columbus, GA was 363.4 per 100,000 residents (729 incidents over a population of 200,622). That puts Columbus Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 25% above the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Columbus (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Columbus 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 | 194.3(382) | 634.7(1,301) | 721.4(1,449) | 610.3(1,227) | 363.4(729) |
| Murder | 4.6(9) | 10.7(22) | 17.9(36) | 13.4(27) | 6.5(13) |
| Rape | 10.7(21) | 27.8(57) | 33.4(67) | 26.9(54) | 49.3(99) |
| Robbery | 31.0(61) | 77.6(159) | 83.6(168) | 50.7(102) | 42.9(86) |
| Aggravated assault | 148.0(291) | 518.6(1,063) | 586.5(1,178) | 519.2(1,044) | 264.7(531) |
| Property crime | 676.9(1,331) | 2371.9(4,862) | 2826.5(5,677) | 2270.0(4,564) | 1871.2(3,754) |
| Burglary | 93.6(184) | 308.8(633) | 423.2(850) | 356.1(716) | 213.3(428) |
| Larceny | 506.0(995) | 1771.8(3,632) | 2061.3(4,140) | 1663.2(3,344) | 1548.7(3,107) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 76.8(151) | 288.3(591) | 338.1(679) | 247.7(498) | 104.7(210) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Columbus's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Georgia cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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