Athens, GA crime rate
In 2025 the Athens-Clarke County Police Department reported 352.9 violent crimes and 2,002.2 property crimes per 100,000 residents in the area it covers (most of Athens-Clarke County, the consolidated city-county government; FBI population 129,208). The FBI's estimates for Georgia and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Arson, 2023: possibly incomplete. 13 reported; 3 of 12 months zero (Jan, Aug, Oct) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2022: 27 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does Athens compare with Georgia and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Athens only.
What offenses were reported in Athens, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Georgia | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 456 | 352.9 | 296.9 | 327.6 | down 13.8% | down 39.7% |
| Murder | 2 | 1.5 | 5.6 | 4.1 | down 61.5% | down 51.6% |
| Rape | 49 | 37.9 | 30.4 | 36.1 | down 19.4% | down 56.5% |
| Robbery | 42 | 32.5 | 33.6 | 49.4 | down 20.3% | down 56.0% |
| Aggravated assault | 363 | 280.9 | 227.3 | 238.0 | down 11.5% | down 33.4% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 2,587 | 2,002.2 | 1,409.3 | 1,534.8 | down 13.3% | down 28.9% |
| Burglary | 189 | 146.3 | 164.7 | 193.6 | down 36.7% | down 53.4% |
| Larceny-theft | 2,214 | 1,713.5 | 1,081.2 | 1,144.1 | down 9.6% | down 20.0% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 170 | 131.6 | 163.4 | 197.0 | down 22.0% | down 61.8% |
| Arson | 14 | 10.8 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 17.6% | down 40.3% |
Reported = offenses known to the Athens-Clarke County Police Department and sent to the FBI. Georgia and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Athens | United States | Georgia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 585.5 | 387.0 | 349.8 |
| 2022 | 599.2 | 388.7 | 371.2 |
| 2023 | 437.5 | 379.5 | 367.0 |
| 2024 | 409.2 | 362.9 | 319.7 |
| 2025 | 352.9 | 327.6 | 296.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Athens | United States | Georgia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,817.7 | 1,832.3 | 1,601.4 |
| 2022 | 2,685.3 | 1,973.8 | 1,708.7 |
| 2023 | 2,591.1 | 1,934.1 | 1,877.8 |
| 2024 | 2,309.6 | 1,761.1 | 1,660.4 |
| 2025 | 2,002.2 | 1,534.8 | 1,409.3 |
Is Athens safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Athens-Clarke County Police Department reported, 352.9 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Georgia's 296.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 13.8% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Athens-Clarke County police had 456 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a rate of 352.9 per 100,000 residents in the area the Athens-Clarke County Police Department covers, which is nearly all of Athens-Clarke County, the consolidated city-county government. The Georgia estimate was 296.9 and the US rate 327.6; the local rate was 1.2 and 1.1 times those. For property crime the rate was 2,002.2, which is 1.4 times the state figure of 1,409.3 and 1.3 times the national 1,534.8.
Violent crime has fallen 39.7% since 2021, when it stood at 585.5, including 13.8% in the last year. Property crime is down 28.9% from 2021 and 13.3% from 2024. Rape fell the most of the violent offenses between 2021 and 2025, 56.5%, and robbery fell 56.0%.
Aggravated assault made up 80% of violent crime. The department recorded 2 homicides in 2025, a rate of 1.5 per 100,000. In the property group, motor vehicle theft fell the most since 2021, 61.8%, and burglary fell the most in the last year, 36.7%.
Larceny-theft was 86% of property crime and 1.6 times the state rate. The 2023 arson count is flagged as possibly incomplete because several months were sent as zero, so it is left out. Every year shown has 12 months of data, and the department has reported to NIBRS since 2018.
The Clarke County Sheriff's Office and Athens Technical College report separately, so their cases are not included.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.32 per 1,000 residents (235 officers, 65 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Georgia cities
The nearest Georgia cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Athens-Clarke County Police Department (ORI GA0290100), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Georgia and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Athens-Clarke County Police Department (GA0290100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GA0290100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Athens-Clarke County Police Department (GA0290100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GA0290100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Athens-Clarke County Police Department (GA0290100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GA0290100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Athens-Clarke County Police Department (GA0290100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GA0290100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Athens-Clarke County Police Department (GA0290100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GA0290100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Athens-Clarke County Police Department (GA0290100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GA0290100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Athens-Clarke County Police Department (GA0290100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GA0290100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Athens-Clarke County Police Department (GA0290100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GA0290100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Athens-Clarke County Police Department (GA0290100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GA0290100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Athens-Clarke County Police Department (GA0290100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GA0290100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Athens-Clarke County Police Department (GA0290100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_GA0290100__from-2021-to-2025.json)