Photo: Nheyob · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, South Fulton records more violent crime than 89% of U.S. towns
Among its 5 neighbors with figures, 2 record less crime per resident. The graded rate fell 38% from 2023 to 2025. A Safety Grade of D follows from crimes South Fulton’s police reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #93 of 132 graded towns in Georgia, and #180 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. The yearly rates were 5.3 violent crimes and 21.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 3.9 and 21.5 in the rest of Georgia.
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 South Fulton
2 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Georgia towns on South Fulton’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Palmetto (A−), Fairburn (B−), Atlanta (D), Douglasville (D), College Park (D−). Union City and Chattahoochee Hills have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. East Point reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among Georgia towns, closer to the middle
Georgia’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so South Fulton’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 30% of the 132 Georgia towns we grade, against 14% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
South Fulton’s police reported 17 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 18.6 per 100,000 residents a year, 2.0 times the rest of Georgia (9.3) and 3.3 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: above the rest of Georgia
66.5 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (62 reported in 2025), above the rest of Georgia (52.1) 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, South Fulton reports less crime per resident than 45% (#180). Places like 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 South Fulton’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 | South Fulton property | Rest of Georgia property | South Fulton violent | Rest of Georgia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.4 | 24.6 | 10.4 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 27.9 | 25.3 | 6.3 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 19.1 | 21.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
| 2025 | 16.5 | 18.1 | 4.8 | 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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | South Fulton | Rest of Georgia | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.0 | 11.9 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 18.6 | 10.3 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 22.2 | 9.5 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 15.0 | 8.2 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | South Fulton | Rest of Georgia | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 87.2 | 63.2 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 81.4 | 60.0 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 63.1 | 51.1 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 54.8 | 46.2 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
South Fulton’s police reported 17 homicides, 62 robberies and 539 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.
Crime in South Fulton 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 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
2,405 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.
539 violent and 1,866 property, as reported to the FBI by South Fulton’s police.
118 people died in crashes on South Fulton’s roads in 2019–2023
South Fulton had 111 fatal crashes in five years, in which 118 people died; 29 were pedestrians. 10 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 21.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
South Fulton and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Fulton | D | 5.3 | 21.2 |
| Union City | — | — | — |
| Fairburn | B− | 1.8 | 12.1 |
| Atlanta | D | 6.8 | 35.1 |
| College Park | D− | 14.9 | 71.8 |
| Chattahoochee Hills | — | — | — |
| East Point | — | — | — |
| Palmetto | A− | 0.6 | 5.5 |
| Douglasville | D | 5.0 | 43.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Union City and Chattahoochee Hills have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. East Point reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Georgia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Fulton | D | 5.3 | 21.2 |
| Johns Creek | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| Roswell | B | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| Sandy Springs | B− | 1.3 | 14.7 |
| Athens | C− | 4.0 | 22.6 |
| Warner Robins | D | 6.1 | 29.4 |
The five graded Georgia towns closest to South Fulton’s population (112,820), 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 South Fulton. 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 South Fulton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (113,122 in 2025); our figure for South Fulton is 112,820 (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 South Fulton
Is South Fulton, GA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, South Fulton reports more crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #93 of 132 in Georgia. Its police reported 5.3 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 South Fulton?
5.3 violent and 21.2 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.
How many homicides were there in South Fulton in 2025?
South Fulton’s police reported 17 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 15.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is South Fulton safer than Fairburn?
Fairburn reports less crime per resident than South Fulton: Fairburn grades B− for safety and South Fulton D. Fairburn’s police reported 1.8 violent and 12.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices South Fulton?
South Fulton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “South Fulton”. 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.