Sandersville, GA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Sandersville, GA Summary

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

  • There were 33 total crimes committed in Sandersville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 609.0 total crimes per 100K people in Sandersville.
  • The overall crime rate in Sandersville is -71.26% below the national average.
  • Sandersville ranks #47 safest out of 209 cities in Georgia.
  • Sandersville ranks #2,725 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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Sandersville Vs Georgia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sandersville is 609.0 per 100,000 people. That's -71.26% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -69.56% lower than the Georgia total crime rate of 2,000.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sandersville
/ 100k People
Georgia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 33 609.0 2,000.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.9 5.0
Robbery 1 18.5 40.8 61.0
Aggravated Assault 8 147.6 245.9 256.0
Violent Crime 9 166.1 325.7 359.0
Burglary 1 18.5 202.8 229.0
Larceny 23 424.4 1,247.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 0 0.0 224.7 259.0
Property Crime 24 442.9 1,674.9 1,760.0

Sandersville 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 Sandersville

9
Violent Crimes
166.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-53.74%
Below The National Average
  • There were 9 violent crimes in Sandersville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sandersville is 166.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 602.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sandersville each year. That compares to a 1 in 307.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -53.74% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -49.01% lower than the Georgia violent crime rate of 325.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sandersville

24
Property Crimes
442.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-74.84%
Below The National Average
  • There were 24 property crimes in Sandersville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sandersville is 442.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 225.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sandersville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -74.84% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -73.56% lower than the Georgia property crime rate of 1,674.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sandersville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Grovetown, GA 18,169 46 253.2 198.1 55.0
Milledgeville, GA 16,302 634 3,889.1 3,275.7 613.4
Swainsboro, GA 7,517 182 2,421.2 1,968.9 452.3
Eatonton, GA 6,661 98 1,471.3 1,351.1 120.1
Waynesboro, GA 5,576 198 3,550.9 2,708.0 842.9

Sandersville SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
4
Affordability
7
Diversity
8.5
Safety
8
Amenities
6
Education
5
Commute
9.5
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