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Sugar Hill, GA crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Sugar Hill has an overall crime rate of 10 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Sugar Hill is 1 in 103. How does Sugar Hill fare compared to other communities in Georgia of all population sizes? Sugar Hill's crime rate is lower than approximately 56% of Georgia communities.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Sugar Hill has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Sugar Hill is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Sugar Hill 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 Sugar Hill.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Sugar Hill 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 Sugar Hill; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 529. This equates to a rate of 2 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Sugar Hill; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 8 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Sugar Hill Crime Data

total Crime Index

50

(100 is safest)


Safer than 50% of U.S. cities.

Sugar Hill Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

48

198

246

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

1.89

7.79

9.68

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
1.89
3.67
National Median: 4
    Sugar Hill
    Georgia

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 529

in Sugar Hill

1 in 272

in Georgia

Sugar Hill Violent Crimes

Population: 25,407
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
7.79
16.91
National Median: 20
    Sugar Hill
    Georgia

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 128

in Sugar Hill

1 in 59

in Georgia

Property Crimes

Population: 25,407
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Sugar Hill Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
23
19
National Median: 27.0
    Sugar Hill
    Georgia