Cordele, GA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Cordele, GA Summary

Crime in Cordele research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Cordele 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 Cordele:

  • There were 520 total crimes committed in Cordele in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 5,326.8 total crimes per 100K people in Cordele.
  • The overall crime rate in Cordele is 151.35% above the national average.
  • Cordele ranks #199 safest out of 209 cities in Georgia.
  • Cordele ranks #9,617 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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Cordele Vs Georgia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Cordele is 5,326.8 per 100,000 people. That's 151.35% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 166.26% higher than the Georgia total crime rate of 2,000.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Cordele
/ 100k People
Georgia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 520 5,326.8 2,000.6 2,119.2
Murder 1 10.2 6.9 5.0
Robbery 16 163.9 40.8 61.0
Aggravated Assault 89 911.7 245.9 256.0
Violent Crime 108 1,106.3 325.7 359.0
Burglary 47 481.5 202.8 229.0
Larceny 321 3,288.3 1,247.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 44 450.7 224.7 259.0
Property Crime 412 4,220.4 1,674.9 1,760.0

Cordele 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 Cordele

108
Violent Crimes
1,106.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
208.17%
Above The National Average
  • There were 108 violent crimes in Cordele in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Cordele is 1,106.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 90.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Cordele each year. That compares to a 1 in 307.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 208.17% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 239.64% higher than the Georgia violent crime rate of 325.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Cordele

412
Property Crimes
4,220.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
139.80%
Above The National Average
  • There were 412 property crimes in Cordele in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Cordele is 4,220.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 23.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Cordele each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 139.80% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 151.99% higher than the Georgia property crime rate of 1,674.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Cordele

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
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
Americus, GA 15,541 868 5,585.2 3,931.5 1,653.7
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
Sylvester, GA 5,379 81 1,505.9 1,301.4 204.5
Cochran, GA 4,664 114 2,444.3 2,251.3 193.0

Cordele SnackAbility

1
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
2/10
Housing
4
Affordability
5
Diversity
8
Safety
3
Amenities
8
Education
4
Commute
8.5
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