Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Griffin, GA Crime Grade
How Griffin 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Georgia
10/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Griffin, GA was 857.8 per 100,000 residents (207 incidents over a population of 24,132). That puts Griffin 164% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 195% above the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks Griffin #3,631 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 4% of them, and #84 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is down 11% year over year and down 35% over the last five years.
Griffin, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Georgia Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 857.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,631 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #84 of 90
- Safer than
- 4% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 11%
- 5-year change
- down 35%
- Population
- 24,132
- Reporting agency
- Griffin Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Griffin Police Department (FBI ORI GA1260100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Griffin, GA
Also known as
- Pleasant Grove
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. Griffin (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Griffin 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 | 1322.0(299) | 1341.0(320) | 1025.0(244) | 961.3(233) | 857.8(207) |
| Murder | 8.8(2) | 33.5(8) | 16.8(4) | 12.4(3) | 4.1(1) |
| Rape | 88.4(20) | 58.7(14) | 67.2(16) | 78.4(19) | 78.7(19) |
| Robbery | 115.0(26) | 37.7(9) | 121.8(29) | 90.8(22) | 45.6(11) |
| Aggravated assault | 1109.8(251) | 1211.1(289) | 819.1(195) | 779.8(189) | 729.3(176) |
| Property crime | 4434.7(1,003) | 3591.5(857) | 3431.9(817) | 3333.6(808) | 2826.1(682) |
| Burglary | 601.3(136) | 490.3(117) | 449.5(107) | 416.7(101) | 306.6(74) |
| Larceny | 3338.2(755) | 2770.1(661) | 2633.8(627) | 2595.1(629) | 2291.6(553) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 451.0(102) | 331.1(79) | 348.7(83) | 309.4(75) | 211.3(51) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Griffin, 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 Griffin 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 Griffin calculated?
- Griffin'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 Griffin 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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