Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2017
Riverdale, GA Crime Grade
How Riverdale 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Georgia
8/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2017, the violent crime rate in Riverdale, GA was 529.4 per 100,000 residents (87 incidents over a population of 16,435). That puts Riverdale 33% above the U.S. rate of 397.5 and 67% above the Georgia statewide rate of 317.2.
That ranks Riverdale #3,323 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 12% of them, and #70 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is up 11% year over year and up 20% over the last five years.
Riverdale, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Georgia Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 529.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,323 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #70 of 90
- Safer than
- 12% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 11%
- 5-year change
- up 20%
- Population
- 16,435
- Reporting agency
- Riverdale Police Department
- Data year
- 2017 · FBI UCR
Reported by Riverdale Police Department (FBI ORI GA0310500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Riverdale, GA
Also known as
- Rapes Crossing
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. Riverdale (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Riverdale vs. U.S., 2017 — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 442.1(69) | 576.8(91) | 477.0(77) | 529.4(87) |
| Murder | 12.8(2) | 12.7(2) | 24.8(4) | 24.3(4) |
| Rape | 6.4(1) | 6.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 12.2(2) |
| Robbery | 275.5(43) | 234.5(37) | 192.0(31) | 188.6(31) |
| Aggravated assault | 147.4(23) | 323.3(51) | 260.2(42) | 304.2(50) |
| Property crime | 5888.4(919) | 6516.2(1,028) | 5265.8(850) | 6875.6(1,130) |
| Burglary | 1685.1(263) | 1432.6(226) | 873.5(141) | 967.4(159) |
| Larceny | 3979.0(621) | 4640.0(732) | 4057.7(655) | 5378.8(884) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 224.3(35) | 443.7(70) | 334.5(54) | 529.4(87) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Riverdale, 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 Riverdale 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 Riverdale calculated?
- Riverdale'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 Riverdale 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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