Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Decatur, GA Crime Grade
How Decatur 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Georgia
3/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Decatur, GA was 132.7 per 100,000 residents (32 incidents over a population of 24,112). That puts Decatur 64% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 59% below the Georgia statewide rate of 324.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Decatur (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Decatur vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 219.1(58) | 220.1(58) | 131.9(32) | 91.4(22) | 132.7(32) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 7.6(2) | 4.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 26.4(7) | 11.4(3) | 33.0(8) | 12.5(3) | 12.4(3) |
| Robbery | 56.7(15) | 72.1(19) | 41.2(10) | 37.4(9) | 62.2(15) |
| Aggravated assault | 136.0(36) | 129.0(34) | 53.6(13) | 41.5(10) | 58.1(14) |
| Property crime | 1816.9(481) | 2258.1(595) | 2745.4(666) | 2355.8(567) | 2297.6(554) |
| Burglary | 219.1(58) | 174.6(46) | 189.6(46) | 199.4(48) | 277.9(67) |
| Larceny | 1461.9(387) | 1935.5(510) | 2374.4(576) | 1932.0(465) | 1804.1(435) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 124.7(33) | 144.2(38) | 177.3(43) | 216.1(52) | 211.5(51) |
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: Decatur'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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