Blackshear, GA Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Blackshear, GA Summary

Crime in Blackshear research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Blackshear over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Blackshear:

  • There were 107 total crimes committed in Blackshear the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,995.5 total crimes per 100K people in Blackshear.
  • The overall crime rate in Blackshear is 28.88% above the national average.
  • Blackshear ranks #177 safest out of 233 cities in Georgia.
  • Blackshear ranks #8,127 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Blackshear Vs Georgia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Blackshear is 2,995.5 per 100,000 people. That's 28.88% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 24.43% higher than the Georgia total crime rate of 2,407.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Blackshear
/ 100k People
Georgia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 107 2,995.5 2,407.4 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 8.8 6.3
Robbery 1 28.0 65.5 66.1
Aggravated Assault 1 28.0 293.8 268.2
Violent Crime 4 112.0 400.1 369.8
Burglary 19 531.9 290.7 269.8
Larceny 75 2,099.7 1,478.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 9 252.0 238.2 282.7
Property Crime 103 2,883.5 2,007.4 1,954.4

Blackshear Crime Compared To Georgia Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Georgia.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Blackshear

4
Violent Crimes
112.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-69.72%
Below The National Average
  • There were 4 violent crimes in Blackshear in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Blackshear is 112.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 893.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Blackshear each year. That compares to a 1 in 249.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -69.72% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -72.01% lower than the Georgia violent crime rate of 400.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Blackshear

103
Property Crimes
2,883.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
47.54%
Above The National Average
  • There were 103 property crimes in Blackshear in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Blackshear is 2,883.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 34.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Blackshear each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 47.54% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 43.65% higher than the Georgia property crime rate of 2,007.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Blackshear

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Kingsland, GA 19,650 305 1,552.2 1,282.4 269.7
Brunswick, GA 14,650 1,015 6,928.3 5,535.8 1,392.5
Waycross, GA 13,630 740 5,429.2 4,541.5 887.7
Douglas, GA 11,762 35 297.6 204.0 93.5
Alma, GA 3,370 79 2,344.2 2,017.8 326.4
Nahunta, GA 1,178 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Blackshear SnackAbility

2
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
5
Affordability
4
Diversity
8.5
Safety
4
Amenities
6
Education
4
Commute
8.5
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