What is the crime rate in Americus, GA?

In 2025, the Americus Police Department reported 141 violent crimes and 480 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 902 violent and 3,071 property crimes per 100,000 of the 15,632 residents it serves.

Across Georgia the rates were 304 and 1,413.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 902
Property per 100,000: 3,071
Violent crimes: 141
Property crimes: 480

Crime reported by the Americus Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	208	1,353	571	3,715	15,370
2024	257	1,654	615	3,957	15,541
2025	141	902	480	3,071	15,632

Violent crimes reported went from 208 in 2023 to 141 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 571 in 2023 to 480 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Americus against Georgia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Americus	902	3,071
Sumter County	558	2,001
Georgia	304	1,413
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Americus, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Americus	—	902	3,071
Ellaville	12 mi	67	802
Leesburg	24 mi	56	278
Dawson	25 mi	411	556
Cordele	28 mi	1,221	3,032

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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