CrimeMetric

Crime in Palmetto, Georgia

Major crime in Palmetto is 60% below the U.S. rate per resident: 67% lower for persons crimes and 58% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 11.3% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
40
60% below the U.S. rate
54% below the Georgia rate
down 11.3% in a year
Persons crimes
33
67% below the U.S. rate
64% below the Georgia rate
down 3.7% in a year
Property crimes
42
58% below the U.S. rate
51% below the Georgia rate
down 12.5% in a year
Social disorder
38
62% below the U.S. rate
58% below the Georgia rate
down 5.9% 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

Every crime type in Palmetto is near or below the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Palmetto for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Palmetto

Palmetto is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 50; the middle half of residents live where it is between 20 and 50.

Map of Palmetto, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5076.4%
  • 50–10023.6%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

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 weekday daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm42
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am41
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm39
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am34
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 11.3% in a year; across Georgia it fell 10.9%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-11.3%GA -10.9%-10.3%GA -9.9%
Persons crimes-3.7%GA -3.4%+1.8%GA +1.2%
Property crimes-12.5%GA -12.5%-12.4%GA -12.6%
Social disorder-5.9%GA -6.9%-2.9%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

Palmetto against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

1,247 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Palmetto; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

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

Nearby places

Palmetto has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Fairburn (5 mi), is 1.5 times Palmetto's rate.

College Park14 mi277
East Point14 mi260
Union City7 mi224
Riverdale15 mi128
Newnan12 mi97
Fairburn5 mi62
Palmetto40

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

Questions about crime in Palmetto

What are the most common crimes in Palmetto?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 14 a year), shoplifting (about 4 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 4 a year). Compared with the U.S., murder stands out most: 28% below 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. Palmetto's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Palmetto has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% 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: 4,854. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Palmetto, Georgia." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ga/palmetto

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100