The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Lilburn, GA
Lilburn is a city of 71,900 in Gwinnett County, about 18 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta · Updated November 2026
Is Lilburn, GA safe?
Yes, crime in Lilburn is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Lilburn sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 49% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Lilburn run from A+ to C, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 832 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lilburn as a whole, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lilburn scores 832.
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 Lilburn, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lilburn, 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 Lilburn
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Lilburn, 75% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
Aggravated assaults and car thefts both run low. In Lilburn, each runs at about half the US rate: 1.2 aggravated assaults and 1.3 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Lilburn
Low crime is the norm across Lilburn: 98% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Lilburn run from A+ to C; 55% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
98%
A or B 98%C 2%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Lilburn, the center has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Crime rates and types in Lilburn
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lilburn has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 40% less than the US as a whole and 38% 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 Lilburn is theft, about 42% 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 Lilburn
Lilburn has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 43% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (75%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (37%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (34%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (30%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Lilburn compares with nearby cities
Lilburn has less crime than 7 of its 9 nearest cities; only Berkeley Lake and Snellville have less.
Two things set Lilburn apart: it has 19 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 3.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery, yet robbery 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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.19 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 88% 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. 92% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 74% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 77% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 74% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.8% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 65% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Lilburn 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 Lilburn
Crime costs Lilburn about $788 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 35% 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 $54 million a year, or $756 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.3 million
$46
Rape
$1.1 million
$15
Robbery
$730,000
$10
Aggravated assault
$2.4 million
$34
Simple assault
$3.1 million
$44
Burglary
$940,000
$13
Theft
$3.5 million
$49
Vehicle theft
$1.5 million
$21
Arson
$47,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.2 million
$16
Total
$18 million
$247
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 Lilburn 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. Lilburn 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 Lilburn, GA average a SchoolGrade of A-: 49% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Lilburn on SchoolGrade
