Fairburn, GA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Fairburn, GA Summary

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

  • There were 192 total crimes committed in Fairburn in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,143.9 total crimes per 100K people in Fairburn.
  • The overall crime rate in Fairburn is -46.02% below the national average.
  • Fairburn ranks #75 safest out of 209 cities in Georgia.
  • Fairburn ranks #4,927 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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Fairburn Vs Georgia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Fairburn is 1,143.9 per 100,000 people. That's -46.02% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -42.82% lower than the Georgia total crime rate of 2,000.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Fairburn
/ 100k People
Georgia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 192 1,143.9 2,000.6 2,119.2
Murder 1 6.0 6.9 5.0
Robbery 3 17.9 40.8 61.0
Aggravated Assault 13 77.5 245.9 256.0
Violent Crime 17 101.3 325.7 359.0
Burglary 27 160.9 202.8 229.0
Larceny 122 726.9 1,247.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 26 154.9 224.7 259.0
Property Crime 175 1,042.7 1,674.9 1,760.0

Fairburn 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 Fairburn

17
Violent Crimes
101.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-71.79%
Below The National Average
  • There were 17 violent crimes in Fairburn in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Fairburn is 101.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 987.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Fairburn each year. That compares to a 1 in 307.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -71.79% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -68.91% lower than the Georgia violent crime rate of 325.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Fairburn

175
Property Crimes
1,042.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-40.76%
Below The National Average
  • There were 175 property crimes in Fairburn in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Fairburn is 1,042.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 95.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Fairburn each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -40.76% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -37.75% lower than the Georgia property crime rate of 1,674.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Fairburn

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Atlanta, GA 500,212 23,009 4,599.8 3,892.5 707.3
Newnan, GA 45,655 1,048 2,295.5 1,743.5 552.0
East Point, GA 38,222 3,008 7,869.8 6,666.3 1,203.5
Stockbridge, GA 35,352 912 2,579.8 2,195.1 384.7
Fayetteville, GA 20,451 552 2,699.1 2,542.7 156.5
College Park, GA 13,916 1,215 8,731.0 7,344.1 1,386.9
Tyrone, GA 8,025 41 510.9 461.1 49.8

Fairburn SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
8
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