Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2017
Tifton, GA Crime Grade
How Tifton 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Georgia
10/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2017, the violent crime rate in Tifton, GA was 1177.0 per 100,000 residents (199 incidents over a population of 16,908). That puts Tifton 196% above the U.S. rate of 397.5 and 271% above the Georgia statewide rate of 317.2.
That ranks Tifton #3,721 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 1% of them, and #87 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is up 48% year over year and up 49% over the last five years.
Tifton, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Georgia Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1177.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,721 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #87 of 90
- Safer than
- 1% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 48%
- 5-year change
- up 49%
- Population
- 16,908
- Reporting agency
- Tifton Police Department
- Data year
- 2017 · FBI UCR
Reported by Tifton Police Department (FBI ORI GA1370100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Tifton, GA
Also known as
- Lena
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. Tifton (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Tifton 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 | 792.0(130) | 1048.4(176) | 797.7(134) | 1177.0(199) |
| Murder | 12.2(2) | 0.0(0) | 6.0(1) | 17.7(3) |
| Rape | 91.4(15) | 41.7(7) | 35.7(6) | 94.6(16) |
| Robbery | 304.6(50) | 315.7(53) | 232.2(39) | 295.7(50) |
| Aggravated assault | 383.8(63) | 691.0(116) | 523.8(88) | 768.9(130) |
| Property crime | 6518.8(1,070) | 6707.6(1,126) | 5738.4(964) | 6570.9(1,111) |
| Burglary | 1206.3(198) | 976.9(164) | 952.4(160) | 839.8(142) |
| Larceny | 5050.6(829) | 5557.9(933) | 4565.7(767) | 5453.0(922) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 201.0(33) | 131.1(22) | 172.6(29) | 242.5(41) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Tifton, 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 Tifton 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 Tifton calculated?
- Tifton'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 Tifton 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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