The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Fort Oglethorpe, GA
Fort Oglethorpe is a city of 12,000 in Catoosa County, about 5 miles southeast of downtown Chattanooga · Updated November 2026
Is Fort Oglethorpe, GA safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Fort Oglethorpe: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Fort Oglethorpe run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 885 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Fort Oglethorpe as a whole, and 38% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Fort Oglethorpe scores 885.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Fort Oglethorpe, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Fort Oglethorpe, 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 in Fort Oglethorpe
Theft stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 8.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Fort Oglethorpe has 26.6.
The safest and least safe parts of Fort Oglethorpe
Every part of Fort Oglethorpe where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Fort Oglethorpe run from A+ to B; 72% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Fort Oglethorpe, the southeast side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Crime rates and types in Fort Oglethorpe
CrimeGrade™ estimates Fort Oglethorpe has about 40 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% more than the US as a whole and close to Georgia.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Fort Oglethorpe, about 67% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Oglethorpe has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 62% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Theft from cars
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Fort Oglethorpe compares with nearby cities
Fort Oglethorpe has less crime than 6 of its 8 nearest cities; only Ringgold and Lookout Mountain, TN have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Fort Oglethorpe. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Fort Oglethorpe has more crime than 72% of them.
Shops, parking lots and walkability in Fort Oglethorpe
Two things set Fort Oglethorpe apart: it has 27.4 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 3.6 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.27.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 92% 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 and assault. 78% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 60% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Fort Oglethorpe: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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.8.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 77% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.52 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 66% 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 crime costs Fort Oglethorpe
Crime costs Fort Oglethorpe about $806 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 33% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $9.7 million a year, or $808 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$480,000
$40
Rape
$140,000
$12
Robbery
$31,000
$3
Assault
$1.1 million
$93
Burglary
$150,000
$13
Theft
$1.6 million
$136
Vehicle theft
$210,000
$17
Arson
$17,000
$1
Vandalism
$130,000
$10
Total
$3.9 million
$326
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Fort Oglethorpe means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Fort Oglethorpe, GA average a SchoolGrade of C: 36% of students test proficient, against 52% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Fort Oglethorpe on SchoolGrade
