Photo: Brian31 at English Wikipedia · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is higher in Elberton than in 92% of U.S. towns
Recorded violent crimes ran at 7.5 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 24.2, against 3.9 and 21.5 in the rest of Georgia. What’s more, it has more violent crime than 95% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 84%. On the record of crimes Elberton’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D for safety: #103 of 132 graded towns in Georgia. The crimes the grade counts rose 47% per resident 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 Elberton
Among Georgia towns, closer to the middle
Georgia’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Elberton’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 22% of the 132 Georgia towns we grade, against 8% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Elberton has 3,054 jobs based in town for 4,890 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Elberton’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Elberton property | Rest of Georgia property | Elberton violent | Rest of Georgia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.7 | 24.7 | 8.5 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 19.3 | 25.4 | 5.8 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 25.3 | 21.5 | 7.9 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 28.2 | 18.0 | 8.8 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose 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 | Elberton | Rest of Georgia | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.5 | 4.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Elberton’s police reported 108 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 7.5 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 Elberton 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 9 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
177 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.
42 violent and 135 property, as reported to the FBI by Elberton’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Elberton’s roads in 2019–2023
Elberton had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died.
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 Elberton’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Elberton’s own rate (21.2) 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.
Elberton and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elberton | D | 7.5 | 24.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Georgia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elberton | D | 7.5 | 24.2 |
| Folkston | A− | 0.7 | 5.6 |
| Camilla | C | 2.2 | 17.5 |
| Forsyth | C | 2.3 | 18.1 |
| Cochran | C | 2.8 | 17.7 |
| Hartwell | D | 3.4 | 29.5 |
The five graded Georgia towns closest to Elberton’s population (4,890), 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 Elberton. 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 Elberton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,791 in 2025); our figure for Elberton is 4,890 (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 Elberton
Is Elberton, GA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Elberton reports more crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #103 of 132 in Georgia. Its police reported 7.5 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 Elberton?
7.5 violent and 24.2 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 Elberton?
Elberton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Elberton”. 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.