Campbell County Courthouse · Photo: Paul G. Beswick, Photographer · Public domainThe crimes the grade counts fell 30% per resident in Fairburn from 2023 to 2025
Among its 2 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident. Behind the grade sit 1.8 violent crimes and 12.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 3.9 and 21.5 in the rest of Georgia. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Fairburn at B− (#38 of 132 graded towns in Georgia): close to the middle 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 Fairburn
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Georgia towns on Fairburn’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Palmetto (A−), South Fulton (D). Union City has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Georgia towns, closer to the middle
Georgia’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Fairburn’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 71% of the 132 Georgia towns we grade, against 49% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Fairburn’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.8) 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 (12.1) 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 | Fairburn property | Rest of Georgia property | Fairburn violent | Rest of Georgia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.2 | 24.7 | 3.2 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 15.4 | 25.4 | 2.3 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 10.4 | 21.5 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 10.4 | 18.1 | 2.0 | 3.5 |
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 | Fairburn | Rest of Georgia | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Fairburn’s police reported 91 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.8 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 Fairburn 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.
216 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.
35 violent and 181 property, as reported to the FBI by Fairburn’s police.
18 people died in crashes on Fairburn’s roads in 2019–2023
Fairburn had 18 fatal crashes in five years, in which 18 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 21.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Georgia towns of 5,000–25,000 people (11.0, 121 towns).
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.
Fairburn and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairburn | B− | 1.8 | 12.1 |
| South Fulton | D | 5.3 | 21.2 |
| Union City | — | — | — |
| Palmetto | A− | 0.6 | 5.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Union City has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Georgia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairburn | B− | 1.8 | 12.1 |
| Jefferson | A | 0.4 | 4.8 |
| Port Wentworth | B | 1.6 | 10.4 |
| Monroe | C | 3.4 | 18.2 |
| Covington | D | 5.3 | 35.9 |
| Milledgeville | D | 6.6 | 32.7 |
The five graded Georgia towns closest to Fairburn’s population (17,133), 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 Fairburn. 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 Fairburn’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,474 in 2025); our figure for Fairburn is 17,133 (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 Fairburn
Is Fairburn, GA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fairburn reports more crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #38 of 132 in Georgia. Its police reported 1.8 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 Fairburn?
1.8 violent and 12.1 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.
Is Fairburn safer than South Fulton?
South Fulton reports more crime per resident than Fairburn: South Fulton grades D for safety and Fairburn B−. South Fulton’s police reported 5.3 violent and 21.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Fairburn?
Fairburn’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fairburn”. 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.