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Safety in Calhoun · Not graded

Crime reported in Calhoun, GA

Calhoun has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.

Violent crimes
54
reported to the FBI, 2022
Property crimes
464
reported to the FBI, 2022
Nearest graded town
9 mi
Adairsville (C+)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 26 property crimes reported

And about 3 violent crimes, in 2022. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (26.4)Violent crime (3.1)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2022

Calhoun3.1
Rest of GA5.0
U.S. (FBI)4.0

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2022

Calhoun26.4
Rest of GA24.7
U.S. (FBI)20.0

Crimes reported to police in 2022 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

By year

The years Calhoun’s police reported

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Georgia. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

Show as a table
YearCalhounRest of GeorgiaCalhounRest of Georgia
202226.424.73.15.0
2023not reported25.4not reported4.4
2024not reported21.5not reported3.8
2025not reported18.0not reported3.5

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

518 crimes reported in 2022

54 violent and 464 property, as reported to the FBI by Calhoun’s police.

2022 offenses reported

Larceny / theft409
Burglary33
Vehicle theft22
Aggravated assault46
Robbery2
Rape6
Homicide0
Arson0
54
violent crimes
464
property crimes

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

Nearest with figures

The nearest Georgia towns with a Safety Grade

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

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
AdairsvilleC+9 mi1.915.0
KingstonA+19 mi0.00.3
DaltonC19 mi2.318.7
ChatsworthB+21 mi1.17.3
RomeD22 mi7.731.4
SummervilleC+24 mi2.014.3

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

On the roads

11 people died in crashes on Calhoun’s roads in 2019–2023

Calhoun had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.

That is 12.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Georgia towns of 5,000–25,000 people (11.0, 121 towns).

11
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
2
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
12.1
per 100,000 a year · Georgia towns of 5,000–25,000: 11.0

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

Calhoun and its neighbors

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

Resaca: not gradedResacaCalhoun
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Resaca———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Resaca has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.

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 Calhoun. 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 Calhoun’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,585 in 2022); our figure for Calhoun is 20,196 (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 Calhoun

Is Calhoun, GA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Calhoun. Calhoun has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Georgia towns with a grade are Adairsville (C+, 9 mi), Kingston (A+, 19 mi), Dalton (C, 19 mi).

Who polices Calhoun?

Calhoun’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Calhoun”. 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, 2022, 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.