Sylvester, GA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Sylvester, GA Summary

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

  • There were 81 total crimes committed in Sylvester in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,505.9 total crimes per 100K people in Sylvester.
  • The overall crime rate in Sylvester is -28.94% below the national average.
  • Sylvester ranks #98 safest out of 209 cities in Georgia.
  • Sylvester ranks #6,051 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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Sylvester Vs Georgia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sylvester is 1,505.9 per 100,000 people. That's -28.94% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -24.73% lower than the Georgia total crime rate of 2,000.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sylvester
/ 100k People
Georgia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 81 1,505.9 2,000.6 2,119.2
Murder 1 18.6 6.9 5.0
Robbery 2 37.2 40.8 61.0
Aggravated Assault 5 93.0 245.9 256.0
Violent Crime 11 204.5 325.7 359.0
Burglary 6 111.5 202.8 229.0
Larceny 63 1,171.2 1,247.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 1 18.6 224.7 259.0
Property Crime 70 1,301.4 1,674.9 1,760.0

Sylvester 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 Sylvester

11
Violent Crimes
204.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-43.04%
Below The National Average
  • There were 11 violent crimes in Sylvester in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sylvester is 204.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 489.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sylvester each year. That compares to a 1 in 307.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -43.04% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -37.22% lower than the Georgia violent crime rate of 325.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sylvester

70
Property Crimes
1,301.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-26.06%
Below The National Average
  • There were 70 property crimes in Sylvester in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sylvester is 1,301.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 76.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sylvester each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -26.06% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -22.30% lower than the Georgia property crime rate of 1,674.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sylvester

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Albany, GA 66,169 1,609 2,431.7 1,608.0 823.6
Thomasville, GA 18,457 728 3,944.3 3,283.3 661.0
Americus, GA 15,541 868 5,585.2 3,931.5 1,653.7
Moultrie, GA 14,546 883 6,070.4 4,908.6 1,161.8
Cairo, GA 9,953 271 2,722.8 2,481.7 241.1
Cordele, GA 9,762 520 5,326.8 4,220.4 1,106.3
Fitzgerald, GA 8,922 335 3,754.8 3,362.5 392.3
Camilla, GA 5,063 85 1,678.8 1,501.1 177.8

Sylvester SnackAbility

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