Photo: Maksim Sundukov · CC BY-SA 3.0Sandy Springs records more property crime per head than 64% of U.S. towns
Its Safety Grade, B− (#43 of 132 graded towns in Georgia, and #41 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: close to the middle of U.S. towns. Annual rates stand at 1.3 violent crimes and 14.7 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 4.0 and 21.7 in the rest of Georgia. Add to that, the rate the grade counts dropped 26% 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 Sandy Springs
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Georgia towns on Sandy Springs’ borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Roswell (B), Brookhaven (C−), Dunwoody (C−), Atlanta (D). Peachtree Corners 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 Sandy Springs’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 67% of the 132 Georgia towns we grade, against 46% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Sandy Springs’ police reported 1 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 2.2 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Georgia (9.8) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Georgia
21.4 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (18 reported in 2025), below the rest of Georgia (53.4) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Sandy Springs reports less crime per resident than 87% (#41). Places like it ↓
A job center
Sandy Springs has 134,326 jobs based in town for 105,013 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Sandy Springs’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Sandy Springs’ grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (14.7) 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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Sandy Springs | Rest of Georgia | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.7 | 12.4 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 10.8 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 10.1 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 8.6 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Sandy Springs | Rest of Georgia | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27.2 | 65.2 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 31.5 | 61.6 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 15.2 | 52.4 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 17.1 | 47.2 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Sandy Springs’ police reported 1 homicides, 18 robberies and 119 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Georgia and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Sandy Springs property | Rest of Georgia property | Sandy Springs violent | Rest of Georgia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.0 | 25.0 | 1.4 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 16.9 | 25.6 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 14.6 | 21.7 | 1.4 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 12.6 | 18.2 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
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.
Crime in Sandy Springs 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
1,438 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.
119 violent and 1,319 property, as reported to the FBI by Sandy Springs’ police.
38 people died in crashes on Sandy Springs’s roads in 2019–2023
Sandy Springs had 36 fatal crashes in five years, in which 38 people died; 13 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 10 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Georgia towns of 100,000+ people (14.1, 8 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.
Sandy Springs and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Springs | B− | 1.3 | 14.7 |
| Atlanta | D | 6.8 | 35.1 |
| Roswell | B | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| Dunwoody | C− | 2.0 | 32.3 |
| Peachtree Corners | — | — | — |
| Brookhaven | C− | 3.1 | 22.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Peachtree Corners has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Georgia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Springs | B− | 1.3 | 14.7 |
| Johns Creek | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| Alpharetta | C+ | 2.5 | 11.7 |
| Athens | C− | 4.0 | 22.6 |
| South Fulton | D | 5.3 | 21.2 |
| Warner Robins | D | 6.1 | 29.4 |
The five graded Georgia towns closest to Sandy Springs’ population (105,013), 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 Sandy Springs. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Sandy Springs’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (104,987 in 2025); our figure for Sandy Springs is 105,013 (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 Sandy Springs
Is Sandy Springs, GA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Sandy Springs reports more crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #43 of 132 in Georgia. Its police reported 1.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.0 in the rest of Georgia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Sandy Springs?
1.3 violent and 14.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Georgia reports 4.0 and 21.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Sandy Springs in 2025?
Sandy Springs’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Sandy Springs safer than Atlanta?
Atlanta reports more crime per resident than Sandy Springs: Atlanta grades D for safety and Sandy Springs B−. Atlanta’s police reported 6.8 violent and 35.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Sandy Springs?
Sandy Springs’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Sandy Springs”. 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.