Griffin, GA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Griffin, GA Summary

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

  • There were 1,039 total crimes committed in Griffin in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,286.7 total crimes per 100K people in Griffin.
  • The overall crime rate in Griffin is 102.27% above the national average.
  • Griffin ranks #189 safest out of 209 cities in Georgia.
  • Griffin ranks #9,381 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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Griffin Vs Georgia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Griffin is 4,286.7 per 100,000 people. That's 102.27% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 114.27% higher than the Georgia total crime rate of 2,000.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Griffin
/ 100k People
Georgia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,039 4,286.7 2,000.6 2,119.2
Murder 3 12.4 6.9 5.0
Robbery 22 90.8 40.8 61.0
Aggravated Assault 189 779.8 245.9 256.0
Violent Crime 234 965.4 325.7 359.0
Burglary 101 416.7 202.8 229.0
Larceny 629 2,595.1 1,247.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 75 309.4 224.7 259.0
Property Crime 805 3,321.2 1,674.9 1,760.0

Griffin 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 Griffin

234
Violent Crimes
965.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
168.92%
Above The National Average
  • There were 234 violent crimes in Griffin in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Griffin is 965.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 103.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Griffin each year. That compares to a 1 in 307.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 168.92% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 196.38% higher than the Georgia violent crime rate of 325.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Griffin

805
Property Crimes
3,321.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
88.71%
Above The National Average
  • There were 805 property crimes in Griffin in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Griffin is 3,321.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 30.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Griffin each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 88.71% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 98.30% higher than the Georgia property crime rate of 1,674.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Griffin

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
Fayetteville, GA 20,451 552 2,699.1 2,542.7 156.5
Locust Grove, GA 11,978 386 3,222.6 2,963.8 258.8
Hampton, GA 9,440 56 593.2 339.0 254.2
Barnesville, GA 6,449 37 573.7 480.7 93.0
Jackson, GA 5,361 109 2,033.2 1,809.4 223.8

Griffin SnackAbility

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