The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Pooler, GA
Pooler is a city of 32,200 in Chatham County, about 10 miles west of downtown Savannah · Updated November 2026
Is Pooler, GA safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Pooler: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A+ and property crime A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 926 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
76% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Pooler as a whole, and 24% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pooler scores 926.
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 Pooler, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pooler, 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 Pooler
Aggravated assaults and car thefts both run low. In Pooler, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.95 aggravated assaults and 1.2 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Pooler
Every part of Pooler where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Pooler run from A+ to A; every part of Pooler has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Pooler, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Pooler?
Reported crime in Pooler has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 39% and property crime down 32%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.8 to 1.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 25 to 17 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 23%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
PoolerUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Pooler. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Pooler
Violent, US
Property, Pooler
Property, US
2016
+27%
+4%
+23%
+15%
2017
-38%
+4%
+51%
+12%
2018
-42%
+0%
+28%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-17%
+4%
-13%
-8%
2021
-19%
+6%
+8%
-10%
2022
+21%
+5%
-5%
-6%
2023
-47%
+2%
-11%
-7%
2024
-39%
-4%
-32%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Pooler
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pooler has about 23 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 37% less than the US as a whole and 35% 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Pooler, about 62% 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 Pooler
Pooler has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Pooler, 52% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 49% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (52%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Stores and businesses (37%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (49%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Stores and businesses (42%)
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 Pooler compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Pooler, 6 have less crime. Marlow and Meldrim have the least.
Two things set Pooler apart: it has 22.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 4.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.22.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 98% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 97% 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. 88% 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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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.69 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 85% 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.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 67% of US city residents
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 Pooler: F (0 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 56% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Pooler 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 Pooler
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Pooler about $548 a year per household, 55% 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 $16 million a year, or $490 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$710,000
$22
Rape
$200,000
$6
Robbery
$140,000
$4
Assault
$1.9 million
$58
Burglary
$330,000
$10
Theft
$2.4 million
$75
Vehicle theft
$590,000
$18
Arson
$19,000
$1
Vandalism
$220,000
$7
Total
$6.5 million
$202
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 Pooler 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 Pooler, GA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 33% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Pooler on SchoolGrade
