Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Cleveland records more property crime than four in five U.S. towns
Typical years here bring 1.4 violent crimes plus 21.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 3.9 plus 21.5 in the rest of Georgia. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Cleveland at C (#62 of 132 graded towns in Georgia): more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns.
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 Cleveland
Among Georgia towns, closer to the middle
Georgia’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Cleveland’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 53% of the 132 Georgia towns we grade, against 32% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Cleveland is home to Truett McConnell University, with 1,478 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 12% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Cleveland has 3,139 jobs based in town for 3,472 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Cleveland’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Cleveland’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Cleveland | Rest of Georgia | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Cleveland’s police reported 15 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 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 Cleveland 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Cleveland property | Rest of Georgia property | Cleveland violent | Rest of Georgia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.1 | 24.7 | 2.8 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 31.4 | 25.4 | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 17.8 | 21.5 | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 15.3 | 18.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Georgia.
68 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.
13 violent and 55 property, as reported to the FBI by Cleveland’s police.
One person died in crashes on Cleveland’s roads in 2019–2023
Cleveland had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Cleveland’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cleveland’s own rate (5.7) 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.
Cleveland and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | C | 1.4 | 21.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Georgia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | C | 1.4 | 21.5 |
| Gray | B+ | 0.9 | 7.0 |
| Greensboro | C+ | 2.3 | 11.7 |
| Manchester | C− | 3.7 | 26.6 |
| Alma | D | 4.5 | 33.3 |
| Pelham | D | 7.4 | 36.1 |
The five graded Georgia towns closest to Cleveland’s population (3,472), 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 Cleveland. 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 Cleveland’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,604 in 2025); our figure for Cleveland is 3,472 (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 Cleveland
Is Cleveland, GA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Cleveland reports more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #62 of 132 in Georgia. Its police reported 1.4 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 Cleveland?
1.4 violent and 21.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Georgia reports 3.9 and 21.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Cleveland?
Cleveland’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cleveland”. 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.