What is the crime rate in Gainesville, GA?

In 2025, the Gainesville Police Department reported 199 violent crimes and 825 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 404 violent and 1,677 property crimes per 100,000 of the 49,204 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: 404
Property per 100,000: 1,677
Violent crimes: 199
Property crimes: 825

Crime reported by the Gainesville 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	176	377	1,215	2,601	46,708
2024	238	486	1,136	2,321	48,944
2025	199	404	825	1,677	49,204

Violent crimes reported went from 176 in 2023 to 199 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,215 in 2023 to 825 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.

Gainesville against Georgia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Gainesville	404	1,677
Hall County	235	949
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 Gainesville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Gainesville	—	404	1,677
Oakwood	5.7 mi	171	1,978
Flowery Branch	9.7 mi	61	1,099
Pendergrass	12 mi	105	53
Braselton	13 mi	70	595
Maysville	16 mi	43	556
Jefferson	17 mi	23	381
Alto	19 mi	0	392
Auburn	19 mi	46	488

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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