Hunter Army Airfield is a neighborhood of 3,220 residents in Savannah, about 5 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Hunter Army Airfield is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Hunter Army Airfield sits near the middle: 43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. Savannah as a whole grades B.
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Safety score 796 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hunter Army Airfield as a whole, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hunter Army Airfield scores 796.
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 Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hunter Army Airfield 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 in Hunter Army Airfield
Burglary stands out among A-graded neighborhoods. For the typical resident of an A-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 1.4 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Hunter Army Airfield has 3.5.
Crime rates and types in Hunter Army Airfield
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hunter Army Airfield has about 34 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% less than the US as a whole and 25% less than Savannah as a whole.
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 Hunter Army Airfield, about 38% of everything reported.
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.
How Hunter Army Airfield compares with nearby neighborhoods
Hunter Army Airfield has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Boltons Landing and Chatham Parkway have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Hunter Army Airfield. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Hunter Army Airfield is safer than 74% of them.
Night lighting, shops and walkability in Hunter Army Airfield
One thing sets Hunter Army Airfield apart: it has 4.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and car theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.99% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.4.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 82% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 80% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 80% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.18% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 77% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Hunter Army Airfield
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Hunter Army Airfield about $1,721 a year per household, 43% more 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 $5.6 million a year, or $1,746 per resident.
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 Hunter Army Airfield 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 Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, GA average a SchoolGrade of F: 16% of students test proficient, against 28% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Hunter Army Airfield on SchoolGrade
