Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Waycross, GA Crime Grade
How Waycross 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
9/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Waycross, GA was 654.0 per 100,000 residents (89 incidents over a population of 13,608). That puts Waycross 101% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 125% above the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Waycross (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Waycross 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 | 973.1(130) | 887.7(121) | 659.2(90) | 1040.8(142) | 654.0(89) |
| Murder | 15.0(2) | 44.0(6) | 14.6(2) | 7.3(1) | 14.7(2) |
| Rape | 179.7(24) | 80.7(11) | 65.9(9) | 117.3(16) | 58.8(8) |
| Robbery | 112.3(15) | 168.7(23) | 73.2(10) | 117.3(16) | 80.8(11) |
| Aggravated assault | 666.2(89) | 594.3(81) | 505.4(69) | 798.9(109) | 499.7(68) |
| Property crime | 4686.0(626) | 4592.8(626) | 5105.5(697) | 5064.5(691) | 3983.0(542) |
| Burglary | 830.9(111) | 631.0(86) | 622.6(85) | 564.4(77) | 433.6(59) |
| Larceny | 3428.4(458) | 3639.0(496) | 4160.6(568) | 4177.7(570) | 3373.0(459) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 359.3(48) | 293.5(40) | 249.0(34) | 307.8(42) | 161.7(22) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Waycross's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Georgia cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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