Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Richmond Hill, GA Crime Grade
How Richmond Hill 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
4/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Richmond Hill, GA was 183.7 per 100,000 residents (38 incidents over a population of 20,687). That puts Richmond Hill 44% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 37% below the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks Richmond Hill #1,923 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 49% of them, and #32 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is up 35% year over year and down 23% over the last five years.
Richmond Hill, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Georgia Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 183.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,923 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #32 of 90
- Safer than
- 49% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 35%
- 5-year change
- down 23%
- Population
- 20,687
- Reporting agency
- Richmond Hill Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Richmond Hill Police Department (FBI ORI GA0150200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Richmond Hill, GA
Also known as
- Richmond Hill Plantation
- Ways
- Crossroads
- Ways Station
- Sterlings Bluff
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. Richmond Hill (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Richmond Hill 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 | 239.6(36) | 157.4(29) | 127.7(24) | 136.5(26) | 183.7(38) |
| Murder | 6.7(1) | 10.9(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 14.5(3) |
| Rape | 59.9(9) | 27.1(5) | 21.3(4) | 36.7(7) | 43.5(9) |
| Robbery | 20.0(3) | 16.3(3) | 10.6(2) | 21.0(4) | 19.3(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 153.1(23) | 103.1(19) | 95.8(18) | 78.7(15) | 106.3(22) |
| Property crime | 1324.5(199) | 1031.4(190) | 1021.9(192) | 1128.5(215) | 870.1(180) |
| Burglary | 139.8(21) | 92.3(17) | 47.9(9) | 110.2(21) | 72.5(15) |
| Larceny | 1011.6(152) | 808.9(149) | 846.3(159) | 860.8(164) | 652.6(135) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 173.0(26) | 130.3(24) | 127.7(24) | 152.2(29) | 140.2(29) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Richmond Hill, 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 Richmond Hill 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 Richmond Hill calculated?
- Richmond Hill'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 Richmond Hill 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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