The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Richmond County, GA
Richmond County is the city of Augusta: 206,100 residents · Updated November 2026
Is Richmond County, GA safe?
Richmond County has more crime than most of the country: an overall CrimeGrade™ of C+, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 83% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B against C-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Richmond County run from A+ to F, so check the map below.
C+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 464 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
17% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Richmond County as a whole, and 83% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Richmond County scores 464.
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 Richmond County, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Richmond County, 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 Richmond County
Murders run high for a C-graded county. Richmond County has 0.23 murders a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a C-graded US county, the figure is 0.09.
Burglaries and simple assaults both run high. In Richmond County, each runs at more than double the US rate: 5.5 burglaries and 22.4 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 9.7 nationally.
Car thefts happen at homes more often than nationally. In Richmond County, 57% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Richmond County
Safety changes a lot from one part of Richmond County to the next: 39% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 45% live in areas graded D or F. Grades across Richmond County run from A+ to F; 10% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
39%16%45%
A or B 39%C 16%D or F 45%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Across the county, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Richmond County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Richmond County has about 68 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 82% more than the US as a whole and 87% 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.
Assault makes up about 38% of crime reported in Richmond County. Murder is less common but costs more, because each one does far 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.
Where and when crime happens in Richmond County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Richmond County, 2022 to 2024.
In Richmond County, 54% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 54% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (54%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (47%)
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 Richmond County compares with nearby counties
Richmond County has the most crime of its 10 nearest counties.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Richmond County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Richmond County has more crime than 99% of them.
Empty homes, transit and walkability in Richmond County
One thing sets Richmond County apart: it has 16.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary and arson, and they run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.16.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 98% of Americans
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 Richmond County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
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. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (13 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 69% of Americans
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 84% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.9% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 65% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.49 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 63% of Americans
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 Richmond County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Richmond County about $2,623 a year per household, about double the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $216 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 $887 million a year, or $4,305 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$89 million
$432
Rape
$6.6 million
$32
Robbery
$6.3 million
$31
Assault
$55 million
$267
Burglary
$10 million
$49
Theft
$27 million
$130
Vehicle theft
$15 million
$74
Arson
$960,000
$5
Vandalism
$5.9 million
$28
Total
$216 million
$1,048
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 Richmond County 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 Richmond County, GA average a SchoolGrade of F: 20% of students test proficient, against 23% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Richmond County on SchoolGrade
