How safe is your city?
Movoto Real Estate, a real estate blog, put together a list of what it believes are the top 10 safest places in Georgia.
To rank the cities, Movoto compared data from the 2012 FBI Uniform Crime Report and divided it into four categories: murders, violent crimes, property crimes and total crimes. They then ranked each city in each category from one to 73, with scores of one being the safest.
Here's the list:
- City of Johns Creek
- City of Acworth
- City of Canton
- City of Kennesaw
- City of Grovetown
- City of Duluth
- City of Suwanee
- City of Dallas
- City of Woodstock
- City of Loganville
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Movoto Real Estate's Safest Places In Georgia
CITY | POPULATION | RANK | MURDERS PER 100,000 RESIDENTS | VIOLENT CRIMES PER 100,000 RESIDENTS | PROPERTY CRIMES PER 100,000 RESIDENTS | TOTAL CRIMES PER 100,000 RESIDENTS | CHANCE OF CRIME |
Johns Creek | 76,728 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.40 |
Acworth | 20,425 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.83 |
Canton | 22,958 | 3 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.00 |
Kennesaw | 29,783 | 4 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.05 |
Grovetown | 11,216 | 5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 1.55 |
Duluth | 26,600 | 6 | 0.3 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.58 |
Suwanee | 15,355 | 7 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 3 | 1 | 1.98 |
Dallas | 11,544 | 8 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 2.40 |
Woodstock | 23,896 | 9 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 2.60 |
Loganville | 10,458 | 10 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 1.7 | 2.83 |
Milton | 32,661 | 11 | 10.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.90 |
Fayetteville | 15,945 | 12 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 2.93 |
Fairburn | 12,950 | 13 | 9.3 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 3.48 |
Alpharetta | 57,551 | 13 | 9.3 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 3.48 |
Roswell | 88,346 | 15 | 9 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3.80 |
Perry | 13,839 | 16 | 0.3 | 9.9 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 3.85 |
Decatur | 19,335 | 16 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 2.2 | 3.85 |
McDonough | 22,084 | 18 | 0.3 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 4.28 |
Lawrenceville | 28,546 | 19 | 0.3 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 4.40 |
VillaRica | 13,956 | 20 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 9 | 2.9 | 4.63 |
Sugar Hill | 18,522 | 21 | 0.3 | 7.2 | 10.2 | 3.2 | 5.23 |
Pooler | 19,140 | 22 | 11.4 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 5.28 |
Snellville | 18,242 | 23 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 12.3 | 3.9 | 5.33 |
Winder | 14,099 | 24 | 0.3 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 5.35 |
Milledgeville | 17,715 | 25 | 0.3 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 3.3 | 5.48 |
PowderSprings | 13,940 | 26 | 0.3 | 15.6 | 5.7 | 2 | 5.90 |
Kingsland | 15,946 | 27 | 0.3 | 14.1 | 6.9 | 2.4 | 5.93 |
Sandy Springs | 93,853 | 28 | 10.5 | 5.4 | 6 | 1.9 | 5.95 |
Calhoun | 15,650 | 29 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 12.9 | 4.1 | 5.98 |
Dunwoody | 46,267 | 30 | 9.3 | 2.4 | 9.3 | 3 | 6.00 |
Smyrna | 51,271 | 31 | 12.6 | 9 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 7.13 |
Dalton | 33,128 | 32 | 12.6 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 2.7 | 7.88 |
Newnan | 33,039 | 33 | 12.6 | 10.2 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 8.20 |
Lilburn | 11,596 | 34 | 0.3 | 10.8 | 17.4 | 5.5 | 8.50 |
Conyers | 15,195 | 35 | 0.3 | 12.3 | 17.1 | 5.7 | 8.85 |
Athens-Clarkeunified | 115,452 | 36 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 3.5 | 9.05 |
Valdosta | 54,518 | 37 | 11.4 | 12.9 | 9.9 | 3.4 | 9.40 |
Savannah | 136,286 | 38 | 16.5 | 10.5 | 8.1 | 2.8 | 9.48 |
Statesboro | 28,422 | 39 | 14.1 | 8.4 | 11.7 | 3.8 | 9.50 |
Douglasville | 30,961 | 40 | 0.3 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 5.6 | 9.58 |
Gainesville | 33,804 | 41 | 15.3 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 3.6 | 9.90 |
St.Marys | 17,121 | 42 | 18 | 13.2 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 9.95 |
Cartersville | 19,731 | 43 | 16.5 | 7.2 | 12.6 | 4 | 10.08 |
Hinesville | 33,437 | 43 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 10.8 | 3.7 | 10.08 |
Dublin | 16,201 | 45 | 0.3 | 17.7 | 18 | 5.9 | 10.48 |
Tifton | 16,350 | 46 | 0.3 | 18 | 18.9 | 6.1 | 10.83 |
Marietta | 56,579 | 47 | 9.3 | 19.2 | 11.4 | 4.3 | 11.05 |
Rome | 36,303 | 48 | 11.4 | 14.7 | 15.6 | 5.2 | 11.73 |
Americus | 17,041 | 49 | 0.3 | 20.7 | 19.5 | 6.7 | 11.80 |
Covington | 13,118 | 50 | 14.1 | 12.6 | 15.9 | 5.1 | 11.93 |
Carrollton | 24,388 | 50 | 14.7 | 16.8 | 12 | 4.2 | 11.93 |
LaGrange | 29,588 | 50 | 16.5 | 12 | 14.4 | 4.8 | 11.93 |
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