Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2018
Powder Springs, GA Crime Grade
How Powder Springs 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 2018, the violent crime rate in Powder Springs, GA was 216.9 per 100,000 residents (33 incidents over a population of 15,214). That puts Powder Springs 44% below the U.S. rate of 384.8 and 34% below the Georgia statewide rate of 330.3.
That ranks Powder Springs #2,169 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 42% of them, and #39 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is down 30% year over year and down 80% over the last five years.
Powder Springs, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Georgia Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 216.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,169 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #39 of 90
- Safer than
- 42% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 30%
- 5-year change
- down 80%
- Population
- 15,214
- Reporting agency
- Powder Springs Police Department
- Data year
- 2018 · FBI UCR
Reported by Powder Springs Police Department (FBI ORI GA0330800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Powder Springs, GA
Also known as
- Springfield
- Gunpowder Springs
- Powdersprings
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. Powder Springs (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Powder Springs vs. U.S., 2018 — 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 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1094.7(159) | 861.0(127) | 346.6(52) | 310.7(47) | 216.9(33) |
| Murder | 13.8(2) | 13.6(2) | 0.0(0) | 6.6(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 6.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 13.3(2) | 19.8(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 158.4(23) | 169.5(25) | 80.0(12) | 85.9(13) | 13.1(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 915.7(133) | 678.0(100) | 253.3(38) | 198.3(30) | 203.8(31) |
| Property crime | 4833.4(702) | 2894.9(427) | 1786.2(268) | 2260.9(342) | 1873.3(285) |
| Burglary | 1218.7(177) | 698.3(103) | 286.6(43) | 343.8(52) | 157.7(24) |
| Larceny | 3408.2(495) | 2122.0(313) | 1386.3(208) | 1831.2(277) | 1577.5(240) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 206.6(30) | 74.6(11) | 113.3(17) | 85.9(13) | 138.0(21) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Powder Springs, 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 Powder Springs 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 Powder Springs calculated?
- Powder Springs'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 Powder Springs 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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