What is the crime rate in Swainsboro, GA?

In 2025, the Swainsboro Police Department reported 49 violent crimes and 133 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 649 violent and 1,762 property crimes per 100,000 of the 7,550 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: 649
Property per 100,000: 1,762
Violent crimes: 49
Property crimes: 133

Crime reported by the Swainsboro 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	30	395	220	2,897	7,594
2025	49	649	133	1,762	7,550

Violent crimes reported went from 30 in 2023 to 49 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 220 in 2023 to 133 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.

Swainsboro against Georgia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Swainsboro	649	1,762
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 Swainsboro, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Swainsboro	—	649	1,762
Wadley	20 mi	582	2,198
Metter	21 mi	298	1,442
Soperton	21 mi	272	1,561
Vidalia	26 mi	459	3,536
Millen	27 mi	469	1,373
Louisville	28 mi	874	1,879

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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