Safest counties for violent crime rate in Georgia

Top 25 of 159 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Georgia
Rank	County	Value
1	Walker	22.7 per 100k
2	Stewart	22.9 per 100k
3	Dooly	24.1 per 100k
4	Harris	24.4 per 100k
5	Taliaferro	25.4 per 100k
6	Baker	28.2 per 100k
7	Warren	30.9 per 100k
8	Monroe	40.7 per 100k
9	Morgan	41.4 per 100k
10	Lumpkin	41.4 per 100k
11	Echols	41.9 per 100k
12	Columbia	50.4 per 100k
13	Forsyth	50.5 per 100k
14	Union	51.4 per 100k
15	Dade	55.3 per 100k
16	Lamar	55.9 per 100k
17	Charlton	59.1 per 100k
18	Long	64.3 per 100k
19	Habersham	68.3 per 100k
20	Cook	69.9 per 100k
21	Oconee	71.6 per 100k
22	Effingham	83.3 per 100k
23	Marion	87.1 per 100k
24	Turner	96.8 per 100k
25	Wilcox	97.0 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Georgia counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Georgia (2026)

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Georgia

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