Simeon and Jane Rucker Log House · Photo: Rheave · CC BY-SA 3.0On violent crime, Alpharetta has a higher rate per resident than 66% of U.S. towns
Taking everything together, Alpharetta scores C+ (#48 of 132 graded towns in Georgia): close to the middle of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Behind the grade sit 2.5 violent crimes and 11.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 3.9 and 21.7 in the rest of Georgia. All 3 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. The rate the grade counts dropped 22% from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of GA” is every other Georgia city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Alpharetta
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Georgia towns on Alpharetta’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Johns Creek (A), Milton (A−), Roswell (B). Neighbors ↓
Among Georgia towns, closer to the middle
Georgia’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Alpharetta’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 64% of the 132 Georgia towns we grade, against 43% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Alpharetta has 106,649 jobs based in town for 66,921 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Alpharetta’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (11.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Alpharetta property | Rest of Georgia property | Alpharetta violent | Rest of Georgia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.0 | 24.9 | 2.7 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 13.3 | 25.6 | 2.8 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 11.5 | 21.7 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 10.3 | 18.2 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Georgia.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Alpharetta | Rest of Georgia | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Alpharetta’s police reported 508 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.9 in the rest of Georgia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Alpharetta per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
846 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
148 violent and 698 property, as reported to the FBI by Alpharetta’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Alpharetta’s roads in 2019–2023
Alpharetta had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is fewer than is typical for Georgia towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (7.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Alpharetta’s size would see about 26 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Alpharetta’s own rate (1.5) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Alpharetta and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpharetta | C+ | 2.5 | 11.7 |
| Milton | A− | 0.7 | 4.9 |
| Johns Creek | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| Roswell | B | 1.5 | 10.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Georgia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpharetta | C+ | 2.5 | 11.7 |
| Smyrna | C+ | 2.5 | 13.0 |
| Marietta | C | 3.2 | 18.5 |
| Brookhaven | C− | 3.1 | 22.4 |
| Albany | D | 8.6 | 19.9 |
| Valdosta | D | 5.0 | 38.9 |
The five graded Georgia towns closest to Alpharetta’s population (66,921), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Alpharetta. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Alpharetta’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (67,702 in 2025); our figure for Alpharetta is 66,921 (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 Alpharetta
Is Alpharetta, GA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Alpharetta reports more crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #48 of 132 in Georgia. Its police reported 2.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.9 in the rest of Georgia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Alpharetta?
2.5 violent and 11.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Georgia reports 3.9 and 21.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Alpharetta in 2025?
Alpharetta’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Alpharetta safer than Milton?
Milton reports less crime per resident than Alpharetta: Milton grades A− for safety and Alpharetta C+. Milton’s police reported 0.7 violent and 4.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Alpharetta?
Alpharetta’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Alpharetta”. 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, 2025, 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.