Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Monroe, GA Crime Grade
How Monroe 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Georgia
5/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Monroe, GA was 277.2 per 100,000 residents (46 incidents over a population of 16,597). That puts Monroe 15% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 5% below the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks Monroe #2,522 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 33% of them, and #46 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and down 55% over the last five years.
Monroe, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Georgia Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 277.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,522 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #46 of 90
- Safer than
- 33% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- down 55%
- Population
- 16,597
- Reporting agency
- Monroe Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Monroe Police Department (FBI ORI GA1470100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Monroe, GA
Also known as
- Walton Court House
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. Monroe (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Monroe 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 | 610.3(86) | 334.0(52) | 412.3(66) | 320.2(52) | 277.2(46) |
| Murder | 7.1(1) | 6.4(1) | 25.0(4) | 18.5(3) | 18.1(3) |
| Rape | 49.7(7) | 77.1(12) | 56.2(9) | 18.5(3) | 30.1(5) |
| Robbery | 78.1(11) | 12.8(2) | 37.5(6) | 49.3(8) | 42.2(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 475.5(67) | 237.7(37) | 293.6(47) | 234.0(38) | 186.8(31) |
| Property crime | 3314.2(467) | 3018.8(470) | 2099.2(336) | 1631.7(265) | 1747.3(290) |
| Burglary | 383.2(54) | 269.8(42) | 231.2(37) | 135.5(22) | 174.7(29) |
| Larceny | 2753.5(388) | 2620.6(408) | 1718.1(275) | 1440.8(234) | 1512.3(251) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 163.2(23) | 115.6(18) | 143.7(23) | 55.4(9) | 54.2(9) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Monroe, 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 Monroe 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 Monroe calculated?
- Monroe'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 Monroe 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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