Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2023
Villa Rica, GA Crime Grade
How Villa Rica 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Georgia
2/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2023, the violent crime rate in Villa Rica, GA was 94.1 per 100,000 residents (18 incidents over a population of 19,137). That puts Villa Rica 76% below the U.S. rate of 385.9 and 75% below the Georgia statewide rate of 371.2.
That ranks Villa Rica #1,051 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 72% of them, and #15 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is up 17% year over year and down 78% over the last five years.
Villa Rica, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Georgia Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 94.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,051 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #15 of 90
- Safer than
- 72% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 17%
- 5-year change
- down 78%
- Population
- 19,137
- Reporting agency
- Villa Rica Police Department
- Data year
- 2023 · FBI UCR
Reported by Villa Rica Police Department (FBI ORI GA0220200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Villa Rica, GA
Also known as
- Hicktown
- Hix Town
- Hixtown
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. Villa Rica (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Villa Rica vs. U.S., 2023 — 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 419.4(66) | 282.3(46) | 275.0(47) | 80.7(15) | 94.1(18) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 44.5(7) | 30.7(5) | 64.4(11) | 32.3(6) | 26.1(5) |
| Robbery | 57.2(9) | 43.0(7) | 35.1(6) | 0.0(0) | 15.7(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 317.7(50) | 208.6(34) | 169.7(29) | 48.4(9) | 52.3(10) |
| Property crime | 3158.4(497) | 2460.7(401) | 2498.0(427) | 1032.7(192) | 1384.8(265) |
| Burglary | 432.1(68) | 349.8(57) | 351.0(60) | 145.2(27) | 141.1(27) |
| Larceny | 2478.4(390) | 2000.5(326) | 1913.0(327) | 790.7(147) | 1165.3(223) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 235.1(37) | 104.3(17) | 222.3(38) | 86.1(16) | 67.9(13) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Villa Rica, 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 Villa Rica 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 Villa Rica calculated?
- Villa Rica'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 Villa Rica 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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