Folkston, GA Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Folkston, GA Summary

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

  • There were 63 total crimes committed in Folkston the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,413.5 total crimes per 100K people in Folkston.
  • The overall crime rate in Folkston is -39.18% below the national average.
  • Folkston ranks #86 safest out of 233 cities in Georgia.
  • Folkston ranks #5,067 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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Folkston Vs Georgia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Folkston is 1,413.5 per 100,000 people. That's -39.18% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -41.29% lower than the Georgia total crime rate of 2,407.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Folkston
/ 100k People
Georgia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 63 1,413.5 2,407.4 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 8.8 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 65.5 66.1
Aggravated Assault 6 134.6 293.8 268.2
Violent Crime 6 134.6 400.1 369.8
Burglary 16 359.0 290.7 269.8
Larceny 37 830.2 1,478.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 4 89.7 238.2 282.7
Property Crime 57 1,278.9 2,007.4 1,954.4

Folkston 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 Folkston

6
Violent Crimes
134.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-63.60%
Below The National Average
  • There were 6 violent crimes in Folkston in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Folkston is 134.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 742.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Folkston each year. That compares to a 1 in 249.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -63.60% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -66.35% lower than the Georgia violent crime rate of 400.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Folkston

57
Property Crimes
1,278.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-34.56%
Below The National Average
  • There were 57 property crimes in Folkston in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Folkston is 1,278.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 78.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Folkston each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -34.56% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -36.29% lower than the Georgia property crime rate of 2,007.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Folkston

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Jacksonville, FL 920,508 32,856 3,569.3 2,871.5 697.9
Kingsland, GA 19,650 305 1,552.2 1,282.4 269.7
Fernandina Beach, FL 13,383 138 1,031.2 904.1 127.0
Nahunta, GA 1,178 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Folkston SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
1/10
Housing
2
Affordability
7
Diversity
10
Safety
8
Amenities
6
Education
3
Commute
7
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