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Safety in Savannah · Not graded

Crime reported in Savannah, GA

Savannah’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
208
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
146
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
5 mi
Garden City (D)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 1 property crime reported

And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (0.6)Violent crime (0.9)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Savannah0.9
Rest of GA3.7
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Savannah0.6
Rest of GA19.2
U.S. (FBI)15.5

Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

By year

The years Savannah’s police reported

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Georgia. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

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YearSavannahRest of GeorgiaSavannahRest of Georgia
2022not reported24.7not reported4.9
2023not reported25.4not reported4.4
20240.022.90.24.0
20250.619.20.93.7

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

354 crimes reported in 2025

208 violent and 146 property, as reported to the FBI by Savannah’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft121
Burglary25
Vehicle theft0
Aggravated assault140
Robbery18
Rape26
Homicide24
Arson0
208
violent crimes
146
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Georgia towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
Garden CityD5 mi7.329.1
ThunderboltC+9 mi2.013.4
BloomingdaleB−10 mi1.114.0
Richmond HillB10 mi1.49.9
Port WentworthB12 mi1.610.4
RinconA−20 mi0.65.5

Straight-line distance from the center of Savannah. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Savannah.

On the roads

76 people died in crashes on Savannah’s roads in 2019–2023

Savannah had 73 fatal crashes in five years, in which 76 people died; 23 were pedestrians and 7 were cyclists. 14 died in crashes on an Interstate.

That is 10.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Georgia towns of 100,000+ people (14.1, 8 towns).

76
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
23
pedestrians among them
7
cyclists among them
10.3
per 100,000 a year · Georgia towns of 100,000+: 14.1

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.

Next door

Savannah and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Georgetown———
Pooler———
Port WentworthB1.610.4
Garden CityD7.329.1
ThunderboltC+2.013.4
Montgomery———
Henderson———
BloomingdaleB−1.114.0

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Georgetown, Montgomery and Henderson are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Pooler reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.

How to read these numbers

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 Savannah. 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 Savannah’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (242,372 in 2025); our figure for Savannah is 149,440 (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 Savannah

Is Savannah, GA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Savannah. Savannah’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Georgia towns with a grade are Garden City (D, 5 mi), Thunderbolt (C+, 9 mi), Bloomingdale (B−, 10 mi).

Who polices Savannah?

Savannah’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Savannah”. 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.