Eatonton, GA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Eatonton, GA Summary

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

  • There were 98 total crimes committed in Eatonton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,471.3 total crimes per 100K people in Eatonton.
  • The overall crime rate in Eatonton is -30.58% below the national average.
  • Eatonton ranks #95 safest out of 209 cities in Georgia.
  • Eatonton ranks #5,952 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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Eatonton Vs Georgia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Eatonton is 1,471.3 per 100,000 people. That's -30.58% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -26.46% lower than the Georgia total crime rate of 2,000.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Eatonton
/ 100k People
Georgia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 98 1,471.3 2,000.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.9 5.0
Robbery 1 15.0 40.8 61.0
Aggravated Assault 7 105.1 245.9 256.0
Violent Crime 8 120.1 325.7 359.0
Burglary 6 90.1 202.8 229.0
Larceny 84 1,261.1 1,247.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 0 0.0 224.7 259.0
Property Crime 90 1,351.1 1,674.9 1,760.0

Eatonton 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 Eatonton

8
Violent Crimes
120.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-66.55%
Below The National Average
  • There were 8 violent crimes in Eatonton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Eatonton is 120.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 832.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Eatonton each year. That compares to a 1 in 307.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -66.55% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -63.13% lower than the Georgia violent crime rate of 325.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Eatonton

90
Property Crimes
1,351.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-23.23%
Below The National Average
  • There were 90 property crimes in Eatonton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Eatonton is 1,351.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 74.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Eatonton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -23.23% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -19.33% lower than the Georgia property crime rate of 1,674.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Eatonton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
McDonough, GA 33,140 981 2,960.2 2,625.2 334.9
Conyers, GA 20,274 578 2,850.9 2,476.1 374.9
Winder, GA 20,117 276 1,372.0 1,173.1 198.8
Loganville, GA 17,366 164 944.4 881.0 63.3
Milledgeville, GA 16,302 634 3,889.1 3,275.7 613.4
Monroe, GA 16,241 317 1,951.9 1,631.7 320.2
Covington, GA 14,825 662 4,465.4 3,817.9 647.6
Locust Grove, GA 11,978 386 3,222.6 2,963.8 258.8
Barnesville, GA 6,449 37 573.7 480.7 93.0
Jackson, GA 5,361 109 2,033.2 1,809.4 223.8

Eatonton SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
4
Affordability
7
Diversity
9
Safety
5
Amenities
6
Education
6
Commute
8.5
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