Palmetto, GA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Palmetto, GA Summary

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

  • There were 46 total crimes committed in Palmetto the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 904.8 total crimes per 100K people in Palmetto.
  • The overall crime rate in Palmetto is -61.07% below the national average.
  • Palmetto ranks #55 safest out of 233 cities in Georgia.
  • Palmetto ranks #3,411 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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Palmetto Vs Georgia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Palmetto is 904.8 per 100,000 people. That's -61.07% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -62.42% lower than the Georgia total crime rate of 2,407.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Palmetto
/ 100k People
Georgia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 46 904.8 2,407.4 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 8.8 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 65.5 66.1
Aggravated Assault 3 59.0 293.8 268.2
Violent Crime 3 59.0 400.1 369.8
Burglary 6 118.0 290.7 269.8
Larceny 35 688.4 1,478.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 2 39.3 238.2 282.7
Property Crime 43 845.8 2,007.4 1,954.4

Palmetto 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 Palmetto

3
Violent Crimes
59.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-84.04%
Below The National Average
  • There were 3 violent crimes in Palmetto in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Palmetto is 59.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,694.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Palmetto each year. That compares to a 1 in 249.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -84.04% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -85.25% lower than the Georgia violent crime rate of 400.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Palmetto

43
Property Crimes
845.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-56.72%
Below The National Average
  • There were 43 property crimes in Palmetto in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Palmetto is 845.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 118.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Palmetto each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -56.72% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -57.87% lower than the Georgia property crime rate of 2,007.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Palmetto

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Newnan, GA 43,932 1,429 3,252.8 2,039.5 1,213.2
Douglasville, GA 36,331 2,074 5,708.6 5,050.8 657.8
Fayetteville, GA 19,619 497 2,533.3 2,370.2 163.1
Villa Rica, GA 17,094 464 2,714.4 2,445.3 269.1
Fairburn, GA 16,710 274 1,639.7 1,322.6 317.2
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 SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
9
Safety
7
Amenities
6
Education
5
Commute
4
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