What is the crime rate in Canton, GA?

In 2025, the Canton Police Department reported 47 violent crimes and 249 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 120 violent and 633 property crimes per 100,000 of the 39,311 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: 120
Property per 100,000: 633
Violent crimes: 47
Property crimes: 249

Crime reported by the Canton 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	57	154	294	793	37,067
2024	64	168	292	767	38,085
2025	47	120	249	633	39,311

Violent crimes reported went from 57 in 2023 to 47 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 294 in 2023 to 249 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.

Canton against Georgia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Canton	120	633
Cherokee County	85	484
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 Canton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Canton	—	120	633
Holly Springs	5.5 mi	0	355
Ball Ground	9.6 mi	0	84
Woodstock	10 mi	89	827
Milton	12 mi	34	476
Jasper	15 mi	76	1,189
Roswell	16 mi	111	760
Emerson	17 mi	40	242
Acworth	17 mi	44	900

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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