Georgia's Current State Of Safety & Safest Places To Live

Ensuring the safety of yourself and your loved ones is a top priority when selecting your next dream home. This priority shouldn’t change when you move to the Peach State. Although Georgia is a generally safe and peaceful state, some cities are much safer than others.

Georgia's current state of safety

According to a recent Safewise article, violent and property crimes have decreased over the last few years. In fact, the crime rate in Georgia is below the national average. These Safewise crime statistics are measured based on the number of criminal incidents per 1000 residents.

We focused on two major types of crimes to show you the safest city in Georgia – violent crime and property crime. Violent crime is the threat or use of force, whereas property crime refers to theft without force. 

The rate of violent crime in Georgia is 3.9, and that of property crime is 17.5 incidents per 1000 residents. The national statistics show a slightly higher violent crime rate of 4 incidents per 1000 residents, with the national property crime rate reaching 19.3 incidents per 1000 residents. In the last year, Georgia saw a decrease of 16% overall in crime incidence. 

Despite the decreased crime rate in Georgia, research shows that safety concern has increased in the state. According to the State of Safety survey, Georgia had the second highest level of concern (66%). The state had the highest concern in violent crime, second-highest in property crime, and ranked Top 10 in general concern about crime. 

The safest places in the state 

The Safewise top spot goes to Holly Springs. Located in the northwest Atlanta metro area in Cherokee County, the Holly Springs violent crime rate was zero incidents per 1000 residents. Likewise, the property crime rate was 2.7 incidents per 1000 residents.

The second safest city in Georgia is Kingsland, which is in the far-southern part of the state. Hampton, south of Atlanta, comes in at Number three. In fourth place, we have Johns Creek just due east of Alpharetta, another North Atlanta suburb. And finally, we have Barnesville, just northwest of Macon in Middle Georgia at number five. 

98 Georgia cities met the requirements for the national Top 20 ranking. On average, 20 of the safest cities have 0.7 property crime incidents per 1000 residents. 

Barnesville reported zero burglaries, and Johns Creek made it to the national list as the safest city to raise a family. Canton was in 14th place, and Woodstock was Number 20 on the national list.