CrimeMetric

Crime in St. Simons, Georgia

Major crime in St. Simons is about the U.S. rate per resident: 46% lower for persons crimes and 9% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 3.2% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
99
about the U.S. rate
14% above the Georgia rate
down 3.2% in a year
Persons crimes
54
46% below the U.S. rate
41% below the Georgia rate
down 9.9% in a year
Property crimes
109
9% above the U.S. rate
27% above the Georgia rate
down 2.4% in a year
Social disorder
99
about the U.S. rate
12% above the Georgia rate
down 6.5% 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

Other larceny stands out most, at 40% above the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across St. Simons

The middle half of St. Simons residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 45 and 144; the typical (median) resident's is 73. The citywide figure (99) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of St. Simons, 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. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5026.5%
  • 50–10038.4%
  • 100–20031.9%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+3.2%

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 weekend daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm105
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am87
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm115
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am93
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 3.2% in a year; across Georgia it fell 10.9%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-3.2%GA -10.9%-12.2%GA -9.9%
Persons crimes-9.9%GA -3.4%0.0%GA +1.2%
Property crimes-2.4%GA -12.5%-13.5%GA -12.6%
Social disorder-6.5%GA -6.9%-5.1%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

St. Simons against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

689 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than St. Simons; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

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

Nearby places

St. Simons has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Country Club Estates (5 mi), is 31% above St. Simons's rate.

Brunswick6 mi244
St. Simons99
Jesup42 mi85
St. Marys31 mi83
Kingsland31 mi54
Folkston43 mi26

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

Questions about crime in St. Simons

What are the most common crimes in St. Simons?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 119 a year), shoplifting (about 69 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 45 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny stands out most: 40% above 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. St. Simons's figures add up its 13 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • St. Simons has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 22.7% 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: 16,993. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in St. Simons, Georgia." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ga/st-simons

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100