Americus, GA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Americus, GA Summary

Crime in Americus research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Americus over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Americus:

  • There were 868 total crimes committed in Americus in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 5,585.2 total crimes per 100K people in Americus.
  • The overall crime rate in Americus is 163.55% above the national average.
  • Americus ranks #201 safest out of 209 cities in Georgia.
  • Americus ranks #9,650 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Americus Vs Georgia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Americus is 5,585.2 per 100,000 people. That's 163.55% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 179.18% higher than the Georgia total crime rate of 2,000.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Americus
/ 100k People
Georgia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 868 5,585.2 2,000.6 2,119.2
Murder 5 32.2 6.9 5.0
Robbery 14 90.1 40.8 61.0
Aggravated Assault 228 1,467.1 245.9 256.0
Violent Crime 257 1,653.7 325.7 359.0
Burglary 95 611.3 202.8 229.0
Larceny 487 3,133.6 1,247.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 29 186.6 224.7 259.0
Property Crime 611 3,931.5 1,674.9 1,760.0

Americus Crime Compared To Georgia Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Georgia.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Americus

257
Violent Crimes
1,653.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
360.64%
Above The National Average
  • There were 257 violent crimes in Americus in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Americus is 1,653.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 60.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Americus each year. That compares to a 1 in 307.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 360.64% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 407.68% higher than the Georgia violent crime rate of 325.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Americus

611
Property Crimes
3,931.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
123.38%
Above The National Average
  • There were 611 property crimes in Americus in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Americus is 3,931.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 25.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Americus each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 123.38% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 134.74% higher than the Georgia property crime rate of 1,674.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Americus

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Columbus, GA 201,061 5,709 2,839.4 2,235.6 603.8
Warner Robins, GA 85,900 3,132 3,646.1 2,980.2 665.9
Albany, GA 66,169 1,609 2,431.7 1,608.0 823.6
Perry, GA 25,159 477 1,895.9 1,740.9 155.0
Cordele, GA 9,762 520 5,326.8 4,220.4 1,106.3
Fort Valley, GA 8,946 413 4,616.6 3,420.5 1,196.1
Centerville, GA 8,643 165 1,909.1 1,677.7 231.4
Knoxville, IA 7,387 151 2,044.1 1,719.2 324.9
Sylvester, GA 5,379 81 1,505.9 1,301.4 204.5

Americus SnackAbility

2
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
5
Affordability
6
Diversity
8.5
Safety
3
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
9.5
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