The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Savannah, GA
Savannah is a city of 192,900 in Chatham County and the main city of the Savannah metro area, home to 418,300 · Updated November 2026
Is Savannah, GA safe?
Crime in Savannah is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 72% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Savannah. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Savannah run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 668 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
28% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Savannah as a whole, and 72% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Savannah scores 668.
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 Savannah, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Savannah, 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 Savannah
Car thefts run high in Ardmore-Gould Estates-Olin Heights, Cuyler-Brownsville & Bingville. In this part of central Savannah, they run at about triple the rate in the rest of Savannah.
Murder stands out among B-graded cities. For the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 0.04 murders a year per 1,000 residents; Savannah has 0.11.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Savannah
Crime varies widely across Savannah: 63% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 21% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Savannah run from A+ to F; 32% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 63%C 16%D or F 21%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Brookview-Skidaway Terrace-Parkview, Savannah State-Glynwood & Laroche Park-Springhill-Daffin HGTS, southeastBurglaries run at about half the rate in the rest of Savannah.A-793
2Fairway Oaks, Abercorn Heights- Lamara Heights & Lundhurst-Rivers End, southRobberies run at less than half the rate in the rest of Savannah.A-791
4Carver Heights, West Savannah & Woodville-Bartow, northwestCar thefts run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Savannah.B+736
5Liberty Cty-Smmrside-Sthover-RCHFLD, Tatemville & Chatham Parkway, westCar thefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Savannah.B+695
6Pine Gardens, Eastside & Historic District North, northeastAggravated assaults run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Savannah.B-544
7Bay Street Viaduct, Historic District South & Yamacraw Village, northCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Savannah.C417
8Midtown Savannah, Live Oak & Avondale, eastRobberies run at about triple the rate in the rest of Savannah.D+307
9Ardmore-Gould Estates-Olin Heights, Cuyler-Brownsville & Bingville, centralRobberies run at about triple the rate in the rest of Savannah.D+280
Neighborhood areas of Savannah, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Crime rates and types in Savannah
CrimeGrade™ estimates Savannah has about 46 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 24% more than the US as a whole and 28% 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 Savannah, about 42% of everything reported, but murder 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.
The Savannah Police Department sent the FBI no usable 2024 counts of aggravated assault, simple assault, burglary, theft and vehicle theft, so CrimeGrade™ built the figures from the department's own reports for recent years, brought up to 2024. The department counts vandalism differently from the national definition, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Savannah compares with nearby cities
Savannah has the most crime of its 6 nearest cities.
Two things set Savannah apart: it has 16.6 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 10.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and they run high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.16.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 92% 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.10.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 89% 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. 73% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 70% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.61 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 78% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 71% 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 Savannah: D (16 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 70% 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 Savannah
Crime costs Savannah about $1,586 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 32% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $122 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 $467 million a year, or $2,423 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$41 million
$213
Rape
$1.5 million
$8
Robbery
$3.7 million
$19
Assault
$38 million
$198
Burglary
$4.7 million
$25
Theft
$19 million
$99
Vehicle theft
$8.8 million
$46
Arson
$210,000
$1
Vandalism
$4.8 million
$25
Total
$122 million
$632
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 Savannah 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 Savannah, GA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 33% of students test proficient, against 38% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Savannah on SchoolGrade
