Savannah is a city of 192,900 in Chatham County and the main city of the Savannah metro area, home to 418,300 · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Savannah?
Savannah earns an A- for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 57% of Americans live. Theft makes up 68% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades A-.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 779 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Savannah as a whole, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Savannah scores 779.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Savannah, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Savannah, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Savannah
Vehicle theft stands out among cities graded A for property crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded A for property crime, the figure is 0.91 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Savannah has 3.0.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Savannah
Most of Savannah grades well for property crime: 83% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Savannah run from A+ to F.
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A or B 83%C 14%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Brookview-Skidaway Terrace-Parkview, Savannah State-Glynwood & Laroche Park-Springhill-Daffin HGTS, southeastBurglaries run at about half the rate in the rest of Savannah.A854
2Carver Heights, West Savannah & Woodville-Bartow, northwestCar thefts run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Savannah.A853
3Liberty Cty-Smmrside-Sthover-RCHFLD, Tatemville & Chatham Parkway, westCar thefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Savannah.A-809
4Fairway Oaks, Abercorn Heights- Lamara Heights & Lundhurst-Rivers End, southThefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Savannah.A-792
6Pine Gardens, Eastside & Historic District North, northeastBurglaries run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Savannah.B+767
7Bay Street Viaduct, Historic District South & Yamacraw Village, northCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Savannah.B646
8Midtown Savannah, Live Oak & Avondale, eastCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Savannah.B-593
9Ardmore-Gould Estates-Olin Heights, Cuyler-Brownsville & Bingville, centralCar thefts run at about triple the rate in the rest of Savannah.B-543
Neighborhood areas of Savannah, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Property crime rates and types in Savannah
CrimeGrade™ estimates Savannah has about 28 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 20% more than the US as a whole and 26% more than Georgia.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Savannah, about 68% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
The Savannah Police Department sent the FBI no usable 2024 counts of burglary, theft and vehicle theft, so CrimeGrade™ built the figures from the department's own reports for recent years, brought up to 2024. The department counts vandalism differently from the national definition, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Property crime in Savannah and nearby cities
Savannah has the most property crime of its 6 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Savannah. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Savannah is safer than 58% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Savannah apart: it has 16.6 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 10.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.16.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.10.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 89% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 73% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 70% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.61 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 78% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 71% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Savannah: D (16 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 70% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Savannah
Property crime costs Savannah about $38 million a year, or $195 per resident and about $489 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$4.7 million
$25
Theft
$19 million
$99
Vehicle theft
$8.8 million
$46
Arson
$210,000
$1
Vandalism
$4.8 million
$25
Total
$38 million
$195
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
