Fairburn, GA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Fairburn, GA Summary

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

  • There were 274 total crimes committed in Fairburn the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,639.7 total crimes per 100K people in Fairburn.
  • The overall crime rate in Fairburn is -29.45% below the national average.
  • Fairburn ranks #100 safest out of 233 cities in Georgia.
  • Fairburn ranks #5,719 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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Fairburn Vs Georgia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Fairburn is 1,639.7 per 100,000 people. That's -29.45% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -31.89% lower than the Georgia total crime rate of 2,407.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Fairburn
/ 100k People
Georgia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 274 1,639.7 2,407.4 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 8.8 6.3
Robbery 6 35.9 65.5 66.1
Aggravated Assault 46 275.3 293.8 268.2
Violent Crime 53 317.2 400.1 369.8
Burglary 19 113.7 290.7 269.8
Larceny 175 1,047.3 1,478.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 27 161.6 238.2 282.7
Property Crime 221 1,322.6 2,007.4 1,954.4

Fairburn 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 Fairburn

53
Violent Crimes
317.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-14.23%
Below The National Average
  • There were 53 violent crimes in Fairburn in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Fairburn is 317.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 315.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Fairburn each year. That compares to a 1 in 249.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -14.23% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -20.72% lower than the Georgia violent crime rate of 400.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Fairburn

221
Property Crimes
1,322.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-32.33%
Below The National Average
  • There were 221 property crimes in Fairburn in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Fairburn is 1,322.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 75.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Fairburn each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -32.33% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -34.11% lower than the Georgia property crime rate of 2,007.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Fairburn

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Atlanta, GA 495,707 22,746 4,588.6 3,748.0 840.6
Newnan, GA 43,932 1,429 3,252.8 2,039.5 1,213.2
Fayetteville, GA 19,619 497 2,533.3 2,370.2 163.1
College Park, GA 13,917 1,219 8,759.1 7,199.8 1,559.2
Tyrone, GA 7,917 42 530.5 480.0 50.5
Palmetto, GA 5,084 46 904.8 845.8 59.0

Fairburn SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
8
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