What is the crime rate in Lavonia, GA?

In 2025, the Lavonia Police Department reported 12 violent crimes and 54 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 552 violent and 2,485 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,173 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: 552
Property per 100,000: 2,485
Violent crimes: 12
Property crimes: 54

Crime reported by the Lavonia 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	4	186	84	3,898	2,155
2024	12	551	67	3,075	2,179
2025	12	552	54	2,485	2,173

Violent crimes reported went from 4 in 2023 to 12 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 84 in 2023 to 54 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.

Lavonia against Georgia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lavonia	552	2,485
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 Lavonia, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lavonia	—	552	2,485
Franklin Springs	11 mi	0	83
Hartwell	12 mi	168	2,057
Westminster	16 mi	203	1,503
Toccoa	16 mi	116	1,736
Seneca	19 mi	463	1,453
Walhalla	23 mi	70	326

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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