Crime Grade · Georgia

Most Dangerous Cities in Georgia

90 reporting Georgia cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 277.2 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Brunswick	14,650	1392.5	F9/10
2	College Park	13,983	1301.6	F9/10
3	East Point	38,222	1214.0	F9/10
4	Tifton	16,908	1177.0	F9/10
5	Americus	15,632	889.2	D8/10
6	Union City	21,647	859.2	D8/10
7	Griffin	24,132	857.8	D8/10
8	Dublin	15,756	806.0	D8/10
9	Clarkston	14,285	777.0	C7/10
10	Hinesville	36,972	749.2	C7/10
11	Milledgeville	16,576	736.0	C7/10
12	Albany	66,132	731.9	C7/10
13	Atlanta	525,939	722.7	C7/10
14	LaGrange	34,257	721.0	C7/10
15	Waycross	13,608	654.0	C7/10
16	Moultrie	14,793	594.9	C6/10
17	Garden City	10,570	586.6	C6/10
18	Forest Park	19,184	563.0	C6/10
19	Rome	38,969	562.0	C6/10
20	Bainbridge	14,613	533.8	C6/10
21	Riverdale	16,435	529.4	C6/10
22	Warner Robins	87,667	508.7	C6/10
23	Cedartown	10,352	492.7	C6/10
24	Douglasville	42,134	491.3	C6/10
25	South Fulton	113,122	476.5	B5/10
26	Valdosta	55,729	473.7	B5/10
27	Vidalia	10,888	459.2	B5/10
28	Doraville	12,959	432.1	B5/10
29	Stockbridge	35,932	431.4	B5/10
30	Thomasville	18,540	426.1	B5/10
31	Chamblee	32,886	425.7	B5/10
32	Gainesville	49,204	402.4	B5/10
33	Conyers	20,865	393.0	B5/10
34	Covington	15,581	391.5	B5/10
35	Columbus	200,622	363.4	B5/10
36	St. Marys	20,537	345.7	B4/10
37	Athens-Clarke County	129,208	345.2	B4/10
38	McDonough	33,140	338.0	B4/10
39	Newnan	46,253	335.1	B4/10
40	Calhoun	17,585	307.1	B4/10
41	Marietta	63,354	298.3	B4/10
42	Cartersville	25,574	297.2	B4/10
43	Statesboro	35,685	285.8	B4/10
44	Norcross	18,213	280.0	B4/10
45	Monroe	16,597	277.2	B4/10
46	Brookhaven	60,038	256.5	A3/10
47	Locust Grove	12,497	248.1	A3/10
48	Smyrna	57,432	236.8	A3/10
49	Fort Oglethorpe	10,686	224.6	A3/10
50	Dalton	35,108	219.3	A3/10
51	Alpharetta	67,702	218.6	A3/10
52	Powder Springs	15,214	216.9	A3/10
53	Carrollton	28,697	216.1	A3/10
54	Fairburn	17,474	200.3	A3/10
55	Lawrenceville	32,222	198.6	A3/10
56	Kennesaw	38,937	190.1	A3/10
57	Winder	21,226	188.4	A3/10
58	Douglas	11,858	185.5	A3/10
59	Richmond Hill	20,687	183.7	A3/10
60	Snellville	22,799	171.1	A2/10
61	Port Wentworth	15,911	169.7	A2/10
62	Duluth	33,465	164.4	A2/10
63	Fayetteville	20,786	163.6	A2/10
64	Dunwoody	51,850	160.1	A2/10
65	Cairo	10,028	159.6	A2/10
66	Kingsland	21,465	158.4	A2/10
67	Lilburn	16,735	149.4	A2/10
68	Perry	25,866	146.9	A2/10
69	Decatur	24,112	132.7	A2/10
70	Suwanee	23,606	131.3	A2/10
71	Canton	39,311	117.0	A1/10
72	Sandy Springs	104,987	113.3	A1/10
73	Roswell	92,178	109.6	A1/10
74	Pooler	30,962	106.6	A1/10
75	Dallas	15,276	98.2	A1/10
76	Villa Rica	19,137	94.1	A1/10
77	Woodstock	40,492	88.9	A1/10
78	Braselton	18,495	70.3	A1/10
79	Savannah	242,372	67.3	A1/10
80	Loganville	17,366	63.3	A1/10
81	Flowery Branch	13,105	61.0	A1/10
82	Auburn	10,853	46.1	A1/10
83	Acworth	22,673	44.1	A1/10
84	Rincon	11,878	42.1	A1/10
85	Johns Creek	80,930	39.5	A1/10
86	Jefferson	16,643	36.1	A1/10
87	Milton	41,571	33.7	A1/10
88	Peachtree City	41,378	26.6	A1/10
89	Grovetown	18,359	21.8	A1/10
90	Holly Springs	21,102	0.0	A1/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.