Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Perry, GA Crime Grade
How Perry 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
3/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Perry, GA was 146.9 per 100,000 residents (38 incidents over a population of 25,866). That puts Perry Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 49% below the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks Perry #1,604 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 57% of them, and #23 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is down 5% year over year and down 38% over the last five years.
Perry, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Georgia Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 146.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,604 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #23 of 90
- Safer than
- 57% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 5%
- 5-year change
- down 38%
- Population
- 25,866
- Reporting agency
- Perry Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Perry Police Department (FBI ORI GA0760100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Perry, GA
Also known as
- Wattsville
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. Perry (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Perry 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 | 236.3(46) | 245.6(57) | 200.4(50) | 155.0(39) | 146.9(38) |
| Murder | 5.1(1) | 4.3(1) | 8.0(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 15.4(3) | 8.6(2) | 16.0(4) | 15.9(4) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 30.8(6) | 25.8(6) | 0.0(0) | 7.9(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 184.9(36) | 206.8(48) | 176.3(44) | 131.2(33) | 146.9(38) |
| Property crime | 2522.0(491) | 2231.5(518) | 1687.2(421) | 1764.8(444) | 1210.1(313) |
| Burglary | 241.4(47) | 137.9(32) | 100.2(25) | 99.4(25) | 73.5(19) |
| Larceny | 2131.6(415) | 1886.9(438) | 1494.8(373) | 1562.1(393) | 1067.0(276) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 143.8(28) | 202.5(47) | 88.2(22) | 91.4(23) | 65.7(17) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Perry, 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 Perry 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 Perry calculated?
- Perry'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 Perry 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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