Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Duluth, GA Crime Grade
How Duluth 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Georgia
4/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Duluth, GA was 164.4 per 100,000 residents (55 incidents over a population of 33,465). That puts Duluth Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 43% below the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks Duluth #1,763 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 53% of them, and #29 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is down 5% year over year and up 10% over the last five years.
Duluth, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Georgia Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 164.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,763 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #29 of 90
- Safer than
- 53% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 5%
- 5-year change
- up 10%
- Population
- 33,465
- Reporting agency
- Duluth Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Duluth Police Department (FBI ORI GA0670500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Duluth, GA
Also known as
- Howells Crossroad
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. Duluth (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Duluth 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 | 150.1(45) | 125.6(40) | 158.8(51) | 172.2(56) | 164.4(55) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 23.3(7) | 18.8(6) | 31.1(10) | 18.5(6) | 26.9(9) |
| Robbery | 30.0(9) | 6.3(2) | 18.7(6) | 9.2(3) | 12.0(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 96.7(29) | 100.5(32) | 109.0(35) | 144.6(47) | 125.5(42) |
| Property crime | 1233.9(370) | 1225.0(390) | 1248.6(401) | 1202.7(391) | 836.7(280) |
| Burglary | 116.7(35) | 128.8(41) | 211.7(68) | 67.7(22) | 68.7(23) |
| Larceny | 1007.1(302) | 1042.8(332) | 959.0(308) | 1073.5(349) | 687.3(230) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 110.1(33) | 53.4(17) | 77.8(25) | 58.4(19) | 77.7(26) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Duluth, 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 Duluth 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 Duluth calculated?
- Duluth'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 Duluth 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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