Savannah GA Murder/Homicide Rate 1999-2017

Interactive chart of the Savannah, Georgia murder rate (i.e. the number of homicides per 100,000 population) from 1999 to 2017.
  • The Savannah GA murder/homicide rate for 2017 was 14.41 per 100,000 population, a 30.45% decline from 2016.
  • The Savannah GA murder/homicide rate for 2016 was 20.72 per 100,000 population, a 7.83% decline from 2015.
  • The Savannah GA murder/homicide rate for 2015 was 22.48 per 100,000 population, a 66.27% increase from 2014.
  • The Savannah GA murder/homicide rate for 2014 was 13.52 per 100,000 population, a 23.75% decline from 2004.
Data Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Crime in the U.S.

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Other Cities in GA
City Name Population Rate
Arlington 1,365 73.26
Montezuma 3,095 64.62
College Park 15,134 59.47
Clarkesville 1,777 56.27
West Point 3,821 52.34
Lithonia 2,098 47.66
Swainsboro 7,522 39.88
Albany 73,209 30.05
Covington 14,122 28.32
Cordele 10,812 27.75
Blackshear 3,620 27.62
Auburn 7,698 25.98
Metter 4,066 24.59
Riverdale 16,435 24.34
Brunswick 16,500 24.24
Union City 21,160 23.63
Lyons 4,365 22.91
Fitzgerald 8,902 22.47
Garden City 8,932 22.39
East Point 35,740 22.38
Social Circle 4,490 22.27
Hartwell 4,511 22.17
Monroe 13,579 22.09
Baxley 4,752 21.04
Forest Park 19,948 20.05
Adel 5,359 18.66
Dublin 16,086 18.65
Tifton 16,908 17.74
Waynesboro 5,669 17.64
Valdosta 56,729 17.63
Columbus 198,832 17.60
Atlanta 481,343 16.41
Stone Mountain 6,413 15.59
Hapeville 6,665 15.00
Dallas 13,373 14.96
Commerce 6,826 14.65
Savannah 242,941 14.41
Moultrie 14,365 13.92
Morrow 7,400 13.51
Hampton 7,623 13.12
Port Wentworth 8,452 11.83
Norcross 17,060 11.72
Chamblee 28,558 10.50
Cairo 9,558 10.46
Doraville 10,593 9.44
Statesboro 31,937 9.39
Jefferson 10,658 9.38
Vidalia 10,743 9.31
Griffin 22,878 8.74
Holly Springs 11,653 8.58
Rome 36,366 8.25
Bainbridge 12,208 8.19
Lilburn 12,844 7.79
Clarkston 12,849 7.78
Canton 26,897 7.44
Duluth 29,795 6.71
Warner Robins 75,323 6.64
Powder Springs 15,127 6.61
Marietta 61,646 6.49
Villa Rica 15,398 6.49
Lawrenceville 31,183 6.41
Conyers 16,034 6.24
Calhoun 16,557 6.04
Kingsland 16,852 5.93
Smyrna 57,576 5.21
Gainesville 40,836 4.90
Athens-Clarke County 124,903 4.80
LaGrange 30,981 3.23
Woodstock 32,293 3.10
Newnan 38,825 2.58
Roswell 95,602 2.09
Dunwoody 49,321 2.03
Brookhaven 52,973 1.89
Abbeville 2,736 0.00
Acworth 22,747 0.00
Adairsville 4,844 0.00
Alamo 3,437 0.00
Alapaha 661 0.00
Alma 3,570 0.00
Alpharetta 66,711 0.00
Alto 1,163 0.00
Aragon 1,241 0.00
Arcade 1,811 0.00
Ashburn 3,674 0.00
Attapulgus 429 0.00
Avondale Estates 3,183 0.00
Baldwin 3,308 0.00
Ball Ground 2,003 0.00
Barnesville 6,696 0.00
Berlin 560 0.00
Blairsville 569 0.00
Blakely 4,649 0.00
Bloomingdale 2,729 0.00
Blue Ridge 1,400 0.00
Blythe 689 0.00
Bowdon 2,106 0.00
Braselton 10,761 0.00
Braswell 391 0.00
Bremen 6,453 0.00
Brooklet 1,547 0.00
Buchanan 1,148 0.00
Buena Vista 2,132 0.00
Butler 1,854 0.00
Byron 5,228 0.00
Camilla 5,176 0.00
Canon 804 0.00
Carrollton 26,951 0.00
Cartersville 20,918 0.00
Cave Spring 1,145 0.00
Cedartown 9,806 0.00
Centerville 7,689 0.00
Chattahoochee Hills 2,877 0.00
Claxton 2,284 0.00
Clayton 2,285 0.00
Cleveland 3,912 0.00
Cochran 5,029 0.00
Coolidge 529 0.00
Cornelia 4,282 0.00
Cumming 6,365 0.00
Cuthbert 3,635 0.00
Dalton 34,228 0.00
Danielsville 588 0.00
Darien 1,830 0.00
Davisboro 1,659 0.00
Dawson 4,249 0.00
Decatur 23,378 0.00
Demorest 2,094 0.00
Dillard 336 0.00
Doerun 769 0.00
Donalsonville 2,635 0.00
Douglasville 33,640 0.00
East Ellijay 561 0.00
Eastman 5,093 0.00
Eatonton 6,568 0.00
Elberton 4,397 0.00
Ellaville 1,856 0.00
Ellijay 1,705 0.00
Emerson 1,579 0.00
Enigma 1,300 0.00
Ephesus 418 0.00
Eton 896 0.00
Fairburn 14,370 0.00
Fairmount 741 0.00
Fayetteville 17,749 0.00
Flowery Branch 7,317 0.00
Folkston 4,795 0.00
Forsyth 4,169 0.00
Fort Oglethorpe 9,935 0.00
Fort Valley 8,465 0.00
Franklin 959 0.00
Franklin Springs 1,160 0.00
Glennville 5,086 0.00
Gordon 1,943 0.00
Graham 300 0.00
Grantville 3,226 0.00
Greenville 852 0.00
Grovetown 13,841 0.00
Guyton 1,928 0.00
Hagan 967 0.00
Harlem 3,077 0.00
Hazlehurst 4,178 0.00
Helen 547 0.00
Hephzibah 3,879 0.00
Hiawassee 921 0.00
Hiram 3,954 0.00
Hoboken 525 0.00
Hogansville 3,157 0.00
Homeland 855 0.00
Homerville 2,451 0.00
Irwinton 565 0.00
Ivey 911 0.00
Jackson 5,071 0.00
Jasper 3,841 0.00
Jesup 10,170 0.00
Johns Creek 85,048 0.00
Jonesboro 4,731 0.00
Kennesaw 34,154 0.00
Kingston 657 0.00
Lake City 2,811 0.00
Lakeland 3,284 0.00
Lake Park 724 0.00
Lavonia 2,170 0.00
Leary 573 0.00
Leslie 380 0.00
Locust Grove 6,028 0.00
Loganville 11,887 0.00
Lookout Mountain 1,573 0.00
Louisville 2,366 0.00
Ludowici 2,244 0.00
Lumber City 1,255 0.00
Lumpkin 1,083 0.00
Madison 4,072 0.00
Manchester 4,034 0.00
Marshallville 1,292 0.00
Maysville 1,901 0.00
McDonough 24,278 0.00
McIntyre 611 0.00
McRae-Helena 8,295 0.00
Midville 262 0.00
Midway 1,983 0.00
Milledgeville 19,051 0.00
Millen 2,853 0.00
Milton 39,388 0.00
Molena 371 0.00
Mountain City 1,073 0.00
Mount Airy 1,302 0.00
Mount Zion 1,772 0.00
Nahunta 1,047 0.00
Nashville 4,849 0.00
Norman Park 968 0.00
Oak Park 476 0.00
Ocilla 3,630 0.00
Oglethorpe 1,174 0.00
Omega 1,228 0.00
Oxford 2,239 0.00
Palmetto 4,744 0.00
Patterson 758 0.00
Peachtree City 35,300 0.00
Pelham 3,607 0.00
Pembroke 2,539 0.00
Pine Lake 767 0.00
Pine Mountain 1,385 0.00
Plains 727 0.00
Pooler 24,601 0.00
Porterdale 1,506 0.00
Quitman 3,884 0.00
Remerton 1,122 0.00
Reynolds 1,016 0.00
Rincon 10,101 0.00
Ringgold 4,403 0.00
Rochelle 1,101 0.00
Rockmart 4,317 0.00
Sale City 343 0.00
Sandersville 5,669 0.00
Sandy Springs 107,740 0.00
Sardis 971 0.00
Screven 778 0.00
Senoia 4,283 0.00
Shiloh 462 0.00
Snellville 19,982 0.00
Sparks 1,994 0.00
Sparta 1,264 0.00
Springfield 4,308 0.00
Summerville 4,337 0.00
Suwanee 20,186 0.00
Sylvania 2,514 0.00
Talbotton 834 0.00
Tallapoosa 3,189 0.00
Temple 4,403 0.00
Tennille 1,914 0.00
Thomasville 18,866 0.00
Thunderbolt 2,710 0.00
Toccoa 8,392 0.00
Trenton 2,248 0.00
Tunnel Hill 878 0.00
Tybee Island 3,134 0.00
Tyrone 7,260 0.00
Vienna 3,652 0.00
Warrenton 1,786 0.00
Warwick 407 0.00
Watkinsville 2,866 0.00
Waverly Hall 763 0.00
Whitesburg 607 0.00
Willacoochee 1,367 0.00
Winder 16,006 0.00
Winterville 1,210 0.00
Woodland 351 0.00
Wrens 2,020 0.00
Historical Murder/Homicide Rate per 100,000 Population
Year Savannah GA US
2017 14.41 6.54 5.32
2016 20.72 6.61 5.38
2015 22.48 6.10 4.95
2014 13.52 6.01 4.44
2004 17.73 6.87 5.50
2003 21.61 7.57 5.68
2002 23.27 7.09 5.64
2001 19.30 7.11 5.62
2000 22.76 7.95 5.54
1999 29.06 7.49 5.69