Thomas P. Arnold House · Photo: Gabrielle Micale · CC BY-SA 3.0In Palmetto, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 62% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Palmetto grades A− for safety (#9 of 132 graded towns in Georgia): less crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Behind the grade sit 0.6 violent crime and 5.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 3.9 and 21.5 in the rest of Georgia. What’s more, its two neighbors with figures both record more crime per resident.
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 Palmetto
Palmetto reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Georgia towns on Palmetto’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Fairburn (B−), South Fulton (D). Chattahoochee Hills has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
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 Palmetto’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Palmetto property | Rest of Georgia property | Palmetto violent | Rest of Georgia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.5 | 24.7 | 0.6 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 8.2 | 25.4 | 1.2 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 4.6 | 21.5 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 3.6 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 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 | Palmetto | Rest of Georgia | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Palmetto’s police reported 9 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 Palmetto 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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
19 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.
0 violent and 19 property, as reported to the FBI by Palmetto’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Palmetto’s roads in 2019–2023
Palmetto had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
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 Palmetto’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Palmetto’s own rate (16.7) 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.
Palmetto and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmetto | A− | 0.6 | 5.5 |
| Chattahoochee Hills | — | — | — |
| South Fulton | D | 5.3 | 21.2 |
| Fairburn | B− | 1.8 | 12.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Chattahoochee Hills has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Georgia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmetto | A− | 0.6 | 5.5 |
| Adairsville | C+ | 1.9 | 15.0 |
| Nashville | C− | 3.7 | 21.4 |
| Rockmart | C− | 3.7 | 26.8 |
| Baxley | D | 2.8 | 34.5 |
| Blakely | D− | 12.6 | 21.3 |
The five graded Georgia towns closest to Palmetto’s population (5,298), 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 Palmetto. 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 Palmetto’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,251 in 2025); our figure for Palmetto is 5,298 (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 Palmetto
Is Palmetto, GA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Palmetto reports less crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #9 of 132 in Georgia. Its police reported 0.6 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 Palmetto?
0.6 violent and 5.5 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.
Is Palmetto safer than South Fulton?
South Fulton reports more crime per resident than Palmetto: South Fulton grades D for safety and Palmetto A−. South Fulton’s police reported 5.3 violent and 21.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Palmetto?
Palmetto’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Palmetto”. 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.