The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Lawrenceville, GA
Lawrenceville is a city of 270,800 in Gwinnett County, about 25 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta · Updated November 2026
Is Lawrenceville, GA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Lawrenceville is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Lawrenceville sits near the middle: 46% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 54% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Lawrenceville run from A to D, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 815 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
46% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lawrenceville as a whole, and 54% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lawrenceville scores 815.
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 Lawrenceville, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lawrenceville, 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 Lawrenceville
Vehicle theft runs low. Lawrenceville has 1.2 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 2.7.
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses more often than nationally. In Lawrenceville, 48% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Lawrenceville
Low crime is the norm across Lawrenceville: 97% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 1% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Lawrenceville run from A to D; 46% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
97%
A or B 97%C 2%D or F 1%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Lawrenceville, the northeast side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Crime rates and types in Lawrenceville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lawrenceville has about 23 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 39% less than the US as a whole and 37% less 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Lawrenceville is assault, about 40% of the total. It also makes up 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 Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 44% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (48%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (35%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (55%)
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 Lawrenceville compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Lawrenceville, 9 have less crime. Loganville and Windsor have the least.
Empty homes, shops and walkability in Lawrenceville
Two things set Lawrenceville apart: it has 3.6% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (10 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary runs higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 80% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 75% 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. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 75% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 71% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.32 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 67% of US city residents
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%Higher 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 Lawrenceville
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Lawrenceville about $864 a year per household, 28% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $72 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $236 million a year, or $873 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$14 million
$51
Rape
$5.5 million
$20
Robbery
$2.5 million
$9
Assault
$27 million
$99
Burglary
$3.0 million
$11
Theft
$11 million
$41
Vehicle theft
$4.8 million
$18
Arson
$200,000
$1
Vandalism
$4.8 million
$18
Total
$72 million
$268
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 Lawrenceville 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. Lawrenceville is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Lawrenceville, GA average a SchoolGrade of B+: 46% of students test proficient, against 42% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Lawrenceville on SchoolGrade
