Fitzgerald, GA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Fitzgerald, GA Summary

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

  • There were 335 total crimes committed in Fitzgerald in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,754.8 total crimes per 100K people in Fitzgerald.
  • The overall crime rate in Fitzgerald is 77.18% above the national average.
  • Fitzgerald ranks #180 safest out of 209 cities in Georgia.
  • Fitzgerald ranks #9,150 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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Fitzgerald Vs Georgia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Fitzgerald is 3,754.8 per 100,000 people. That's 77.18% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 87.68% higher than the Georgia total crime rate of 2,000.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Fitzgerald
/ 100k People
Georgia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 335 3,754.8 2,000.6 2,119.2
Murder 1 11.2 6.9 5.0
Robbery 2 22.4 40.8 61.0
Aggravated Assault 24 269.0 245.9 256.0
Violent Crime 35 392.3 325.7 359.0
Burglary 20 224.2 202.8 229.0
Larceny 252 2,824.5 1,247.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 28 313.8 224.7 259.0
Property Crime 300 3,362.5 1,674.9 1,760.0

Fitzgerald 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 Fitzgerald

35
Violent Crimes
392.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
9.27%
Above The National Average
  • There were 35 violent crimes in Fitzgerald in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Fitzgerald is 392.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 254.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Fitzgerald each year. That compares to a 1 in 307.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 9.27% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 20.43% higher than the Georgia violent crime rate of 325.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Fitzgerald

300
Property Crimes
3,362.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
91.05%
Above The National Average
  • There were 300 property crimes in Fitzgerald in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Fitzgerald is 3,362.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 29.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Fitzgerald each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 91.05% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 100.76% higher than the Georgia property crime rate of 1,674.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Fitzgerald

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Moultrie, GA 14,546 883 6,070.4 4,908.6 1,161.8
Douglas, GA 11,677 37 316.9 316.9 0.0
Cordele, GA 9,762 520 5,326.8 4,220.4 1,106.3
Eastman, GA 5,538 314 5,669.9 5,362.9 307.0
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

Fitzgerald SnackAbility

2
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
4
Affordability
5
Diversity
9
Safety
4
Amenities
8
Education
5
Commute
10
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