What is the crime rate in Waycross, GA?

In 2025, the Waycross Police Department reported 89 violent crimes and 555 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 654 violent and 4,078 property crimes per 100,000 of the 13,608 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: 654
Property per 100,000: 4,078
Violent crimes: 89
Property crimes: 555

Crime reported by the Waycross 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	90	659	697	5,105	13,652
2024	142	1,041	692	5,072	13,644
2025	89	654	555	4,078	13,608

Violent crimes reported went from 90 in 2023 to 89 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 697 in 2023 to 555 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.

Waycross against Georgia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Waycross	654	4,078
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 Waycross, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Waycross	—	654	4,078
Blackshear	8.3 mi	162	1,298
Alma	24 mi	478	2,748
Homerville	26 mi	169	973
Folkston	33 mi	84	463
Douglas	36 mi	202	1,037
Baxley	38 mi	202	3,127

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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