What is the crime rate in East Ellijay, GA?

In 2025, the East Ellijay Police Department reported 4 violent crimes and 33 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 196 violent and 1,618 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,040 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: 196
Property per 100,000: 1,618
Violent crimes: 4
Property crimes: 33

Crime reported by the East Ellijay 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	5	345	78	5,387	1,448
2024	5	278	38	2,112	1,799
2025	4	196	33	1,618	2,040

Violent crimes reported went from 5 in 2023 to 4 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 78 in 2023 to 33 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.

East Ellijay against Georgia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
East Ellijay	196	1,618
Gilmer County	177	597
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 East Ellijay, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
East Ellijay	—	196	1,618
Ellijay	1.9 mi	0	718
Jasper	14 mi	76	1,189
Chatsworth	18 mi	20	767
Ball Ground	23 mi	0	84
Dalton	28 mi	219	1,495
Canton	29 mi	120	633
Adairsville	32 mi	197	1,224

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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