Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fort Oglethorpe, GA Crime Grade
How Fort Oglethorpe 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 Fort Oglethorpe, GA was 224.6 per 100,000 residents (24 incidents over a population of 10,686). That puts Fort Oglethorpe 31% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 23% below the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks Fort Oglethorpe #2,222 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 41% of them, and #42 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is up 41% year over year and up 13% over the last five years.
Fort Oglethorpe, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Georgia Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 224.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,222 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #42 of 90
- Safer than
- 41% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 41%
- 5-year change
- up 13%
- Population
- 10,686
- Reporting agency
- Fort Oglethorpe Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fort Oglethorpe Police Department (FBI ORI GA0230100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Fort Oglethorpe (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fort Oglethorpe 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 | 199.1(20) | 160.0(17) | 150.5(16) | 159.2(17) | 224.6(24) |
| Murder | 10.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 29.9(3) | 18.8(2) | 47.0(5) | 18.7(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 10.0(1) | 37.6(4) | 9.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 149.3(15) | 103.5(11) | 94.1(10) | 140.5(15) | 224.6(24) |
| Property crime | 4569.0(459) | 3623.2(385) | 3555.6(378) | 3137.0(335) | 2227.2(238) |
| Burglary | 378.3(38) | 178.8(19) | 141.1(15) | 93.6(10) | 65.5(7) |
| Larceny | 3941.9(396) | 3284.4(349) | 3235.8(344) | 2931.0(313) | 2096.2(224) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 228.9(23) | 160.0(17) | 169.3(18) | 103.0(11) | 65.5(7) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fort Oglethorpe, 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 Fort Oglethorpe 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 Fort Oglethorpe calculated?
- Fort Oglethorpe'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 Fort Oglethorpe 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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