CurrentCrimeMap

Data through September 2026, Columbus Police Department

Crime in Columbus, GA

The violent crime rate in Columbus is 419 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to September 2026, about the same as the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is +13% compared with the previous 12 months.

View of Downtown Columbus, Georgia from across the Chattahoochee River.
Photo: PghPhxNfk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

419 per 100,000 residents, per year

841 reported in the 12 months to Sep 2026

+13% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

1,802 per 100,000 residents, per year

3,616 reported in the 12 months to Sep 2026

−5% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

2,222 per 100,000 residents, per year

4,457 reported in the 12 months to Sep 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 200,622, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Counted the FBI's way, the same for every city: violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. Simple assault is not counted as violent. How we count

Where Columbus sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

419

Columbus has the 120th-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 182 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

The ring is Columbus; the tick is the average of all 302 cities and county areas.

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Hartford, CT441115
Moreno Valley, CA435116
Kanawha County, WV (Sheriff)433117
Mesa, AZ427118
Newark, NJ424119
Columbus, GA419120
Fort Myers, FL415121
Bozeman, MT414122
Richmond, VA411123
Austin, TX410124
Kissimmee, FL405125

The places closest to Columbus in the ranking, highest rate first. See all 302 cities and county areas

Columbus crime map

cities around it
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SaferHigher rateViolent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, for each whole city. The colors are not crime locations.

The FBI publishes citywide totals from Columbus Police Department, not where each crime happened, so this map fills Columbus, GA with its whole-city rate instead of plotting crimes. The nearest covered cities are more than 60 miles away: zoom out to see them, or use the table below.

Of the 8 covered cities nearest Columbus, 6 have a higher violent crime rate and 2 a lower one. The closest is Montgomery, AL, 82 miles away.

Columbus and the covered places nearest to it, with each one’s violent crime rate and distance
PlaceViolent per 100kDistance
Columbus, GA419
Montgomery, AL61182 mi
Atlanta, GA79690 mi
Birmingham, AL1,159132 mi
Leon County, FL (Sheriff)County area, not drawn on the map501147 mi
Tallahassee, FL633147 mi
Walton County, FL (Sheriff)County area, not drawn on the map155151 mi
Santa Rosa County, FL (Sheriff)County area, not drawn on the map114177 mi
Chattanooga, TN705178 mi
About the colors and distances

Colors use the same scale as the rest of the site, from the lowest to the highest violent crime rate among the 302 cities and county areas we cover. City outlines from the U.S. Census Bureau. Distances are straight-line, between city centers.

Reported crime by type

12 months to Sep 2026
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
HomicideViolent126.0—−29%
About these categories

The FBI publishes city totals by family, not a full breakdown by offence, so homicide is the only type Columbus Police Department reports separately here. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Month by month

Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Violent crime +13%

050100150OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep7859
Violent crimes per month in Columbus, GA, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Oct 202542Oct 202428
Nov 202549Nov 202467
Dec 202551Dec 202454
Jan 202661Jan 202564
Feb 202657Feb 202564
Mar 202670Mar 202549
Apr 202668Apr 2025109
May 2026101May 202576
Jun 202685Jun 202583
Jul 202670Jul 202571
Aug 2026109Aug 202518
Sep 202678Sep 202559

Homicides −29%

01234OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep12
Homicides per month in Columbus, GA, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Oct 20251Oct 20241
Nov 20251Nov 20242
Dec 20250Dec 20242
Jan 20260Jan 20250
Feb 20262Feb 20250
Mar 20260Mar 20250
Apr 20261Apr 20252
May 20262May 20252
Jun 20262Jun 20252
Jul 20261Jul 20253
Aug 20261Aug 20251
Sep 20261Sep 20252

10 in 2026 through September, 12 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Oct 2023
Reported crime per month in Columbus, GA
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Sep 2026783171
Aug 20261093121
Jul 2026702931
Jun 2026853462
May 20261012972
Apr 2026682961
Mar 2026702800
Feb 2026572692
Jan 2026612590
Dec 2025513270
Nov 2025493281
Oct 2025422921
Sep 2025593292
Aug 2025181491
Jul 2025713783
Jun 2025833072
May 2025763552
Apr 20251093882
Mar 2025493430
Feb 2025643450
Jan 2025643000
Dec 2024543302
Nov 2024674922
Oct 2024281091
Sep 2024793053
Aug 2024903331
Jul 20241054162
Jun 2024904790
May 20241634543
Apr 20241794745
Mar 20241273725
Feb 20241284180
Jan 20241214005
Dec 20231224852
Nov 2023903362
Oct 20231073583

How Columbus compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
3Little Rock, AR1,4634,090205,320Jul 2026
13Birmingham, AL1,1593,901195,393Sep 2026
28Grand Rapids, MI8662,171200,467Jul 2026
68Knoxville, TN6332,046200,645Aug 2026
88Oxnard, CA5391,289200,296Jul 2026
91Vancouver, WA5332,669200,968May 2026
103Amarillo, TX4982,123204,528Jul 2026
120Columbus, GA4191,802200,622Sep 2026
194Peoria, AZ2551,091201,962Apr 2026
243Overland Park, KS1731,443204,173Aug 2026

The 10 places closest to Columbus in population, Columbus included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
37Atlanta, GA7962,712525,939Sep 2026
120Columbus, GA4191,802200,622Sep 2026

All 2 places in Georgia on this site, highest violent crime rate first.

Nearby

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
13Birmingham, AL1,1593,901195,393Sep 2026
37Atlanta, GA7962,712525,939Sep 2026
53Chattanooga, TN7053,102193,881Sep 2026
70Tallahassee, FL6332,444206,918Aug 2026
74Montgomery, AL6112,423194,775Aug 2026
100Leon County, FL (Sheriff)5011,46390,342Jul 2026
120Columbus, GA4191,802200,622Sep 2026
154Huntsville, AL3512,037234,043Aug 2026
247Walton County, FL (Sheriff)15546484,629Sep 2026
275Santa Rosa County, FL (Sheriff)114331190,022Aug 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to Columbus by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare Columbus side by side with Atlanta, Knoxville or Grand Rapids, or with any other place.

Other cities in Georgia

1 city page, closest first

Georgia as a whole has 291 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026; Columbus’s rate is 44% above the state’s.

Atlanta

All 2 cities in Georgia

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Columbus safe?

By reported violent crime, Columbus is close to the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 419 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to September 2026, +13% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood, so the citywide figure is only a starting point.

Is there a crime map for Columbus?

This site does not have one for Columbus. The figures on this page come from the FBI, which receives city totals rather than locations, so CurrentCrimeMap shows how Columbus compares with nearby places such as Montgomery, AL instead of a street-level map.

What is the crime rate in Columbus?

419 violent and 1,802 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 4,457 incidents reported to Columbus Police Department over the 12 months to September 2026.

Is crime in Columbus going up or down?

It is going up: violent crime +13% and property crime −5% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Columbus had in 2026?

Columbus Police Department reported 10 homicides from January to September 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 12 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Sep 2026 the count was 12, or 6 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Columbus Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset GA1060100). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting Columbus

12 months to September 2026

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, so busy downtowns and tourist areas look worse than they are for the people who visit them.

The official source is FBI Crime Data Explorer. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

GA1060100
Source
Columbus Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset GA1060100)
Latest complete month
September 2026
History on this site
October 2023 to September 2026 (45 months)
Update schedule
Columbus Police Department reports monthly to the FBI under the national NIBRS standard. We refresh every morning and publish the most recent 12 months the agency has reported in full.
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Monthly counts by offense (JSON)