Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
St. Marys, GA Crime Grade
How St. Marys 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Georgia
7/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in St. Marys, GA was 345.7 per 100,000 residents (71 incidents over a population of 20,537). That puts St. Marys 6% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 19% above the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks St. Marys #2,825 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 25% of them, and #55 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is up 17% year over year and down 33% over the last five years.
St. Marys, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Georgia Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 345.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,825 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #55 of 90
- Safer than
- 25% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 17%
- 5-year change
- down 33%
- Population
- 20,537
- Reporting agency
- St. Marys Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by St. Marys Police Department (FBI ORI GA0200200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About St. Marys, GA
Also known as
- Saint Mary's
- Saint Patrick
- Saint Mary
- Sainte Marie
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. St. Marys (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
St. Marys 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 | 2014 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 515.0(92) | 218.6(42) | 296.8(59) | 345.7(71) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 5.2(1) | 5.0(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 57.3(11) | 75.4(15) | 39.0(8) |
| Robbery | 22.4(4) | 15.6(3) | 15.1(3) | 34.1(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 492.6(88) | 140.6(27) | 201.2(40) | 272.7(56) |
| Property crime | 3179.8(568) | 1171.3(225) | 1151.8(229) | 1158.9(238) |
| Burglary | 498.2(89) | 104.1(20) | 95.6(19) | 107.1(22) |
| Larceny | 2597.5(464) | 973.5(187) | 940.5(187) | 983.6(202) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 61.6(11) | 93.7(18) | 105.6(21) | 63.3(13) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the St. Marys, 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 St. Marys 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 St. Marys calculated?
- St. Marys'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 St. Marys 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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