Crime rates for Augusta, GA

About Augusta crime rates

With a crime rate of 74 per one thousand residents, Augusta has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 14. Within Georgia, more than 94% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Augusta.

Importantly, when you compare Augusta to other communities of similar population, then Augusta crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Augusta does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Augusta does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Augusta.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Augusta occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Augusta; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 198. This equates to a rate of 5 per one thousand inhabitants.

Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Augusta experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Augusta is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Augusta, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 15, which is a rate of 69 per one thousand population.

Importantly, we found that Augusta has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Augusta is one in 138.