What is the crime rate in Columbus, GA?

In 2025, the Columbus Police Department reported 735 violent crimes and 3,841 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 366 violent and 1,915 property crimes per 100,000 of the 200,622 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: 366
Property per 100,000: 1,915
Violent crimes: 735
Property crimes: 3,841

Crime reported by the Columbus 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	1,455	724	5,679	2,828	200,848
2024	1,234	614	4,583	2,279	201,061
2025	735	366	3,841	1,915	200,622

Violent crimes reported went from 1,455 in 2023 to 735 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 5,679 in 2023 to 3,841 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.

Columbus against Georgia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Columbus	366	1,915
Muscogee County	366	1,915
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 Columbus, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Columbus	—	366	1,915
Phenix City	9.9 mi	708	2,495
Hamilton	18 mi	0	164
Pine Mountain	24 mi	230	920
Valley	28 mi	347	3,494
Manchester	28 mi	220	1,129
Lanett	31 mi	511	2,286
Opelika	31 mi	457	2,005

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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