Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Smyrna, GA Crime Grade
How Smyrna 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 Smyrna, GA was 236.8 per 100,000 residents (136 incidents over a population of 57,432). That puts Smyrna Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 18% below the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks Smyrna #2,299 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 39% of them, and #43 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is up 2% year over year and down 28% over the last five years.
Smyrna, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Georgia Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 236.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,299 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #43 of 90
- Safer than
- 39% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 2%
- 5-year change
- down 28%
- Population
- 57,432
- Reporting agency
- Smyrna Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Smyrna Police Department (FBI ORI GA0330400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Smyrna, GA
Also known as
- Neal Dow
- Varners Station
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. Smyrna (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Smyrna 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 | 329.7(188) | 344.5(192) | 291.3(164) | 231.0(131) | 236.8(136) |
| Murder | 5.3(3) | 3.6(2) | 5.3(3) | 3.5(2) | 5.2(3) |
| Rape | 42.1(24) | 64.6(36) | 33.7(19) | 26.5(15) | 52.2(30) |
| Robbery | 59.6(34) | 46.6(26) | 33.7(19) | 28.2(16) | 24.4(14) |
| Aggravated assault | 222.7(127) | 229.7(128) | 218.4(123) | 172.8(98) | 155.0(89) |
| Property crime | 1750.1(998) | 1683.0(938) | 1625.0(915) | 1317.5(747) | 1002.9(576) |
| Burglary | 217.5(124) | 197.4(110) | 172.3(97) | 254.0(144) | 106.2(61) |
| Larceny | 1350.3(770) | 1293.6(721) | 1230.8(693) | 885.4(502) | 750.5(431) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 178.9(102) | 192.0(107) | 220.2(124) | 176.4(100) | 139.3(80) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Smyrna, 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 Smyrna 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 Smyrna calculated?
- Smyrna'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 Smyrna 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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