Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Dalton, GA Crime Grade
How Dalton 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Georgia
5/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Dalton, GA was 219.3 per 100,000 residents (77 incidents over a population of 35,108). That puts Dalton Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 24% below the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks Dalton #2,189 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 42% of them, and #41 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is down 9% year over year and down 40% over the last five years.
Dalton, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Georgia Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 219.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,189 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #41 of 90
- Safer than
- 42% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 9%
- 5-year change
- down 40%
- Population
- 35,108
- Reporting agency
- Dalton Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Dalton Police Department (FBI ORI GA1550100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Dalton, GA
Also known as
- Cross Plains
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. Dalton (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Dalton 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 | 368.4(123) | 376.4(129) | 218.4(75) | 240.3(83) | 219.3(77) |
| Murder | 3.0(1) | 5.8(2) | 2.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 11.4(4) |
| Rape | 56.9(19) | 58.3(20) | 43.7(15) | 52.1(18) | 31.3(11) |
| Robbery | 29.9(10) | 67.1(23) | 32.0(11) | 31.8(11) | 5.7(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 278.5(93) | 245.1(84) | 139.8(48) | 156.4(54) | 170.9(60) |
| Property crime | 1973.7(659) | 2491.5(854) | 2247.6(772) | 1911.0(660) | 1495.4(525) |
| Burglary | 233.6(78) | 233.4(80) | 174.7(60) | 176.6(61) | 102.5(36) |
| Larceny | 1527.4(510) | 2039.3(699) | 1941.9(667) | 1624.3(561) | 1330.2(467) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 203.7(68) | 195.5(67) | 125.2(43) | 101.3(35) | 57.0(20) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Dalton, 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 Dalton 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 Dalton calculated?
- Dalton'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 Dalton 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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