CrimeMetric

Crime in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia

Major crime in Macon-Bibb County is 2.2 times the U.S. rate per resident: 3.7 times for persons crimes and 1.8 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 19.1% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
217
2.2 times the U.S. rate
2.5 times the Georgia rate
down 19.1% in a year
Persons crimes
373
3.7 times the U.S. rate
4.0 times the Georgia rate
down 10.0% in a year
Property crimes
182
1.8 times the U.S. rate
2.1 times the Georgia rate
down 22.6% in a year
Social disorder
123
23% above the U.S. rate
39% above the Georgia rate
down 15.6% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Aggravated assault stands out most, at 4.3 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Macon-Bibb County for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Persons crimes

Murder27616
Robbery226153

Property crimes

Burglary243629

How crime varies across Macon-Bibb County

The middle half of Macon-Bibb County residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 96 and 258; the typical (median) resident's is 173. The citywide figure (217) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Macon-Bibb County, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Tap one to compare it. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5010.2%
  • 50–10017.5%
  • 100–20032.9%
  • 200–40030.6%
  • 400+8.7%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weeknights

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm188
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am255
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm185
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am245
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 19.1% in a year; across Georgia it fell 10.9%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-19.1%GA -10.9%-12.0%GA -9.9%
Persons crimes-10.0%GA -3.4%-1.8%GA +1.2%
Property crimes-22.6%GA -12.5%-16.5%GA -12.6%
Social disorder-15.6%GA -6.9%-7.5%GA -2.9%

Change in expected crimes, with Georgia as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Macon-Bibb County against U.S. places with 100,000 to 250,000 residents

24 of the 268 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Macon-Bibb County; the middle of the group is 109. The 9 nearest in population:

Lakewood, CO158,515264
Macon-Bibb County, GA158,025217
Kansas City, KS159,801202
Hayward, CA157,006187
Salinas, CA157,954120
Bellevue, WA155,550104
Sunnyvale, CA158,186102
Joliet, IL155,74779
Meridian, ID156,41632

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Macon-Bibb County has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Centerville (14 mi), is 55% below Macon-Bibb County's rate.

Macon-Bibb County217
Fort Valley23 mi186
Hardwick30 mi177
Perry25 mi61
Gray15 mi39

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Macon-Bibb County

What are the most common crimes in Macon-Bibb County?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 1,572 a year), aggravated assault (about 1,547 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 748 a year). Compared with the U.S., aggravated assault stands out most: 4.3 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Macon-Bibb County's figures add up its 136 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Macon-Bibb County's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
  • 68.4% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 158,025. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ga/macon-bibb-county

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100