Jesup is a city of 23,900 in Wayne County, about 25 miles southwest of downtown Hinesville · Updated November 2026
Is Jesup, GA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Jesup is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Jesup sits near the middle: 58% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 42% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Jesup run from A+ to B-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 869 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
58% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Jesup as a whole, and 42% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Jesup scores 869.
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 Jesup, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Jesup, 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 Jesup
Car thefts are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Jesup runs 41% above the US rate, but car thefts run 26% below it: 2.0 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
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; Jesup has 23.5.
The safest and least safe parts of Jesup
Every part of Jesup where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Jesup run from A+ to B-; 68% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Jesup, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Jesup
CrimeGrade™ estimates Jesup has about 52 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 41% more than the US as a whole and 45% more than 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 Jesup, about 45% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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.
Two things set Jesup apart: it has 0% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 12.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places where few residents live in dense blocks tend to report less robbery and car theft, and car theft runs low here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.under 1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 93% 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.12.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher 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. 91% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 83% of US city residents
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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.39% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 91% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 85% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.14.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 85% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Jesup on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Jesup
Crime costs Jesup about $1,399 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 16% 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 $31 million a year, or $1,296 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.6 million
$68
Rape
$340,000
$14
Robbery
$120,000
$5
Assault
$4.1 million
$171
Burglary
$560,000
$24
Theft
$2.9 million
$121
Vehicle theft
$730,000
$31
Arson
$84,000
$4
Vandalism
$1.3 million
$53
Total
$12 million
$490
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 Jesup 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 Jesup, GA average a SchoolGrade of C+: 37% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Jesup on SchoolGrade
