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Safety in Alapaha · Not graded

Safety in Alapaha: figures, but no grade

The closest graded town is Nashville, 12 miles away, at C−. Alapaha’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. Within a 25-mile drive lie 5 towns that have a grade.

Violent crimes
0
reported to the FBI, 2023
Property crimes
5
reported to the FBI, 2023
Nearest graded town
12 mi
Nashville (C−)
Reported crime, 2023

5 crimes reported in 2023

0
violent crimes reported
5
property crimes reported

In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so we show counts rather than rates.

What gets reported

Every offense type reported in 2023

2023 offenses reported

Larceny / theft3
Burglary2
Vehicle theft0
Aggravated assault0
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
0
violent crimes
5
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

0 violent and 5 property, as reported to the FBI by Alapaha’s police.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Georgia towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
NashvilleC−12 mi3.721.4
OcillaC−15 mi3.824.3
OmegaC+22 mi4.55.3
FitzgeraldD23 mi6.034.6
DouglasB+23 mi0.78.2
BroxtonB26 mi0.611.1

Straight-line distance from the center of Alapaha. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Alapaha.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Alapaha’s roads in 2019–2023

That is about what is typical for Georgia towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (10.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Alapaha’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Alapaha’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
per 100,000 a year · Georgia towns of 2,500–5,000: 10.9

Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.

Next door

Alapaha and its neighbors

Alapaha
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
  • One number for all of Alapaha. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
  • Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Alapaha’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (488 in 2023); our figure for Alapaha is 494 (2025 Census estimate).
  • Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.

How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →

Questions about safety in Alapaha

Is Alapaha, GA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Alapaha. The nearest Georgia towns with a grade are Nashville (C−, 12 mi), Ocilla (C−, 15 mi), Omega (C+, 22 mi).

Who polices Alapaha?

Alapaha’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Alapaha”. Its figures are the ones on this page.

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2023, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.