The 10 Most Dangerous Cities In Georgia

The 10 Most Dangerous Places To Live In Georgia For 2025

Located on the south side of Atlanta, College Park once again features at the top of Georgia’s most dangerous cities. It might be home to the world’s busiest airport, but College Park is also home to a whole lot of crime.

College Park is the second most violent place in Georgia, with the 17th highest rate of rape cases and the second highest murder rate. Property crime isn’t much better, considering that 182 of College Park’s residents had their cars stolen in 2024.

To be fair, It’s important to remember that the FBI bases its crime data on where the crimes occurred and the police department for College Park covers places Clayton and Fulton County associated with the city and not just the city proper.

That being said, Ludacris, 2 Chainz, and Jung Joc all came from College Park and they don’t sing about rainbows and butterflies.

Waycross, located in the southeast section of Georgia, is all about travel. The town’s name comes from its location as a central railroad hub in the 19th century — it was the place where six rail lines crossed. Get it? Waycross — where a bunch of ways crossed.

Even now, it forms an important nerve center for regional travel, sitting at the nexus of several important highways.

Good thing too. You might need to make a quick getaway. Those escape routes exist whether you’re one of the prolific local criminals or just a concerned citizen looking for a break from Georgia’s number 3 highest crime rate.

Moultrie, the county seat and largest city of Colquitt County, Georgia, is a historic agricultural community. It is the third largest city in Southwest Georgia and is known for its historic downtown district. Despite its rich history and charm, Moultrie has a concerning safety record. In 2025, it stood as the fourth most dangerous place to live in Georgia.

The city, with a population of 14,546, recorded a total of 169 violent crimes and 714 property crimes. This includes 2 murders, 8 rapes, and 18 robberies. The per capita rates paint a grim picture: 1,161/100k for violent crimes, 4,908/100k for property crimes, and 6,070/100k overall.

Earning the fifth place medal for Georgia’s most dangerous places is Americus, a city of 15,541 in Sumter County. Americus had the 18th highest rate of rape cases in the state and 257 total violent crimes reported in 2024.

Murder and burglary rates in Americus are also the fourth highest and sixth highest statewide as well, so make sure you keep your guard up and your doors locked here.

Americus is the home of the Habitat for Humanity international headquarters, so if they could steer some charitable energy towards reducing local crime rates, we’re sure the city can get itself off this list in no time.

Cordele presents an amazing summer draw. The community markets itself as the Watermelon Capital of the World. What’s more, you can celebrate that informal status every June, when the town attracts crowds to its annual Watermelon Festival.

Just watch your wallet as you wander the event. Larceny represents a major problem in the area, with 321 such crimes in a population of just 9,762. That’s the number 13 highest pace in the state.

You’ll also need to worry about more serious attacks as well. Cordele also reported 2 sexual assaults over the course of a year.

Vidalia, located in Montgomery County, ranks as the seventh most dangerous place to live in the state for 2025. One of the main factors contributing to its ranking is its crime statistics. With a population of 10,724, Vidalia reported 77 violent crimes in the past year, including 4 murders, 8 rapes, 10 robberies, and 55 aggravated assaults.

Property crime is also prevalent in the area, with 501 reported incidents of burglary and other property-related offenses.

If you’re a legal scholar, you may have heard of Griffin. The city appears as one of the participants in an important First Amendment case from 1938, known as Lovell v. City of Griffin. In that proceeding, the court sided with Alma Lovell, who had been arrested in town for handing out religious literature.

Maybe the city should worry less about people handing out leaflets and more about old-fashioned criminals. At least that’s true these days, when the community counts among Georgia’s most dangerous locations.

Rather than ladies handing out Bible verses, the main trouble in today’s Griffin has more to do with larcenies and burglaries. The city ranks among the top five in the state in rates of both those crimes.

Another city to the south of Atlanta, Morrow comes in as the ninth least safe place in Georgia. Morrow is actually the least violent place to feature on our list, but it still had the 35th highest rate of rape cases in Georgia.

Morrow also had the third highest property crime rate, with residents facing a 1 in 15 of having their stuff stolen or damaged over 2024. That ridiculously high rate means that Morrow also has the third highest overall crime rate in Georgia, outstripping the national average by 300%.

At least you can get away from all the crime by visiting Reynolds Nature Preserve — just get home before dark!

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