Sandersville GA 31082 crime rates and crime statistics

With a crime rate of 57 per one thousand residents, Sandersville 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 18. Within Georgia, more than 84% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Sandersville.

Importantly, when you compare Sandersville to other communities of similar population, then Sandersville crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Sandersville 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 Sandersville 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 Sandersville.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Sandersville 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 Sandersville; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 256. This equates to a rate of 4 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Sandersville is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Sandersville, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 19, which is a rate of 53 per one thousand population.