Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Gainesville, GA Crime Grade
How Gainesville 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Georgia
7/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Gainesville, GA was 402.4 per 100,000 residents (198 incidents over a population of 49,204). That puts Gainesville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 39% above the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks Gainesville #3,028 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 20% of them, and #59 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is down 17% year over year and up 1% over the last five years.
Gainesville, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Georgia Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 402.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,028 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #59 of 90
- Safer than
- 20% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 17%
- 5-year change
- up 1%
- Population
- 49,204
- Reporting agency
- Gainesville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Gainesville Police Department (FBI ORI GA0690100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Gainesville, GA
Also known as
- Mules Junction
- Mules Crossing
- Mule Camp Springs
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. Gainesville (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Gainesville 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 | 396.6(180) | 559.6(248) | 376.8(176) | 486.3(238) | 402.4(198) |
| Murder | 8.8(4) | 6.8(3) | 6.4(3) | 12.3(6) | 4.1(2) |
| Rape | 48.5(22) | 76.7(34) | 49.2(23) | 77.6(38) | 69.1(34) |
| Robbery | 61.7(28) | 65.4(29) | 40.7(19) | 81.7(40) | 42.7(21) |
| Aggravated assault | 277.6(126) | 410.7(182) | 280.5(131) | 314.6(154) | 286.6(141) |
| Property crime | 2637.4(1,197) | 2816.3(1,248) | 2601.3(1,215) | 2319.0(1,135) | 1658.4(816) |
| Burglary | 306.3(139) | 250.5(111) | 186.3(87) | 147.1(72) | 113.8(56) |
| Larceny | 2062.4(936) | 2292.7(1,016) | 2203.0(1,029) | 1998.2(978) | 1416.6(697) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 255.6(116) | 252.7(112) | 207.7(97) | 159.4(78) | 115.8(57) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Gainesville, 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 Gainesville 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 Gainesville calculated?
- Gainesville'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 Gainesville 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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