The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Union City, GA
Union City is a city of 32,800 in Fulton County, about 15 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta · Updated November 2026
Is Union City, GA safe?
Crime in Union City is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of D+. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 89% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Union City. Violent crime grades C- and property crime D. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Union City run from B to F, so check the map below.
D+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 267 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
11% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Union City as a whole, and 89% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Union City scores 267.
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 Union City, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Union City, 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 Union City
Theft stands out among D-graded cities. For the typical resident of a D-graded US city, the figure is 17.2 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Union City has 55.0.
Car thefts run high. Union City has car thefts at more than triple the US rate: 13.5 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Union City
Areas graded C are home to 45% of residents in Union City; 6% live in areas graded A or B and 49% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Union City run from B to F; every part of Union City has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
45%49%
A or B 6%C 45%D or F 49%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Union City, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Union City
CrimeGrade™ estimates Union City has about 116 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and about triple the rate for 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 makes up about 48% of crime reported in Union City. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does 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.
How Union City compares with nearby cities
Union City has more crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities. Tyrone and Fayetteville have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Union City apart: it has a Walk Grade of F (5 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 6.4 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, yet theft and assault run higher here than that would suggest.
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. 99% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (5 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 92% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 85% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 82% of US city residents
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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 Union City: D (13 of 100).8 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 80% 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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 69% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.52 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 65% 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 Union City
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Union City about $3,424 a year per household, about triple 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 $132 million a year, or $4,015 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$7.5 million
$228
Rape
$1.2 million
$37
Robbery
$1.7 million
$53
Assault
$13 million
$388
Burglary
$1.4 million
$43
Theft
$9.3 million
$282
Vehicle theft
$6.8 million
$208
Arson
$75,000
$2
Vandalism
$2.6 million
$79
Total
$43 million
$1,321
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 Union City 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 Union City, GA average a SchoolGrade of D: 30% of students test proficient, against 28% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Union City on SchoolGrade
