What is the crime rate in Lake City, GA?

In 2024, the Lake City Police Department reported 13 violent crimes and 81 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 452 violent and 2,816 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,876 residents it serves.

Across Georgia the rates were 328 and 1,709.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 452
Property per 100,000: 2,816
Violent crimes: 13
Property crimes: 81

Crime reported by the Lake City Police Department, 2023 to 2024

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	9	317	103	3,631	2,837
2024	13	452	81	2,816	2,876

Violent crimes reported went from 9 in 2023 to 13 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 103 in 2023 to 81 in 2024.

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

Lake City against Georgia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lake City	452	2,816
Georgia	328	1,709
United States	363	1,767

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 Lake City, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lake City	—	452	2,816
Forest Park	1.4 mi	563	2,215
Morrow	2.0 mi	485	4,717
Hapeville	5.4 mi	311	6,110
College Park	7.4 mi	1,309	6,372
Stockbridge	8.1 mi	437	1,826
East Point	8.8 mi	1,029	4,534
Decatur	12 mi	131	1,887
Atlanta	12 mi	736	3,119

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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