Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Valdosta, GA Crime Grade
How Valdosta 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 Valdosta, GA was 473.7 per 100,000 residents (264 incidents over a population of 55,729). That puts Valdosta Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 63% above the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks Valdosta #3,226 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 14% of them, and #65 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is down 15% year over year and up 29% over the last five years.
Valdosta, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Georgia Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 473.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,226 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #65 of 90
- Safer than
- 14% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 15%
- 5-year change
- up 29%
- Population
- 55,729
- Reporting agency
- Valdosta Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Valdosta Police Department (FBI ORI GA0920100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Valdosta, GA
Also known as
- Troupville
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. Valdosta (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Valdosta 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 | 365.9(208) | 352.1(196) | 459.0(252) | 555.6(305) | 473.7(264) |
| Murder | 14.1(8) | 25.2(14) | 9.1(5) | 7.3(4) | 7.2(4) |
| Rape | 47.5(27) | 28.7(16) | 32.8(18) | 49.2(27) | 34.1(19) |
| Robbery | 66.8(38) | 88.0(49) | 85.6(47) | 114.8(63) | 105.9(59) |
| Aggravated assault | 237.5(135) | 210.2(117) | 331.5(182) | 384.4(211) | 326.6(182) |
| Property crime | 2241.2(1,274) | 2312.0(1,287) | 3812.1(2,093) | 4095.0(2,248) | 3788.0(2,111) |
| Burglary | 179.4(102) | 161.7(90) | 375.2(206) | 457.2(251) | 364.3(203) |
| Larceny | 1866.5(1,061) | 1918.6(1,068) | 3090.8(1,697) | 3386.4(1,859) | 3147.4(1,754) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 193.5(110) | 228.1(127) | 333.3(183) | 245.9(135) | 262.0(146) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Valdosta, 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 Valdosta 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 Valdosta calculated?
- Valdosta'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 Valdosta 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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