Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
South Fulton, GA Crime Grade
How South Fulton 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 2025, the violent crime rate in South Fulton, GA was 476.5 per 100,000 residents (539 incidents over a population of 113,122). That puts South Fulton Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 64% above the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks South Fulton #3,232 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 14% of them, and #66 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and down 50% over the last five years.
South Fulton, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Georgia Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 476.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,232 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #66 of 90
- Safer than
- 14% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- down 50%
- Population
- 113,122
- Reporting agency
- South Fulton Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by South Fulton Police Department (FBI ORI GA0607200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About South Fulton, GA
Also known as
- Renaissance
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. South Fulton (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
South Fulton 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 | 949.3(990) | 988.2(1,088) | 631.0(713) | 474.0(533) | 476.5(539) |
| Murder | 28.8(30) | 20.0(22) | 23.9(27) | 23.1(26) | 15.0(17) |
| Rape | 22.1(23) | 29.1(32) | 21.2(24) | 19.6(22) | 14.1(16) |
| Robbery | 56.6(59) | 87.2(96) | 81.4(92) | 63.1(71) | 54.8(62) |
| Aggravated assault | 841.9(878) | 851.9(938) | 504.4(570) | 368.2(414) | 392.5(444) |
| Property crime | 2016.6(2,103) | 2658.4(2,927) | 2835.3(3,204) | 1929.0(2,169) | 1663.7(1,882) |
| Burglary | 159.2(166) | 260.7(287) | 281.4(318) | 218.8(246) | 203.3(230) |
| Larceny | 1369.4(1,428) | 1822.9(2,007) | 1933.6(2,185) | 1274.4(1,433) | 1153.6(1,305) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 480.4(501) | 569.5(627) | 600.0(678) | 421.6(474) | 288.2(326) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the South Fulton, 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 South Fulton 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 South Fulton calculated?
- South Fulton'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 South Fulton 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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