Oconee County reported the third highest number of violent crimes in 2010 of the 22 counties in Georgia with populations between 25,000-35,000, with 99 reported violent crimes. Oconee County also reported the fourth highest number of property crimes in this population range during this year, with 531 property crimes reported. Violent crimes included murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, while property crimes consisted of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. Only Madison, Haralson, and Lumpkin counties had more violent crimes, while Madison, Stephens, and Jones counties reported higher property crime numbers.

1. Oconee County Crime Data 2010
A C O M PA R AT I V E L O O K AT
O C O N E E C O U N T Y ’ S R E P O RT E D
V I O L E N T C R I M E / P R O P E RT Y
C R I M E TO C O U N T I E S W I T H
P O P U L AT I O N S B E T W E E N 2 5 , 0 0 0 -
35,000

2. Violent Crime
AS REPORTED TO THE FBI FOR 2010
H T T P : / / W W W. F B I . G O V / A B O U T- U S / C J I S / U C R / U C R

3. There are 22 counties in the state of Georgia that have a population between
25, 000 and 35,000. Of those 22 counties, 20 reported crime statistics to the
FBI. Violent crimes are defined as Murder/Manslaughter, Forcible
Rape, Robbery and Aggravated Assault.
Oconee County (99) reported the third highest incidents of violent crime. Only
Madison County (159) and Haralson County (111) reported a higher number of
violent crimes.
Violent Crime
180
Madison
160
Haralson
140
Oconee
120 Lumpkin
100 Hart
80 Gilmer
Jones
60
Sumter
40
Decatur
20
Pickens
0
Chattooga
Peach

4. County Population Violent Crime Murder/Manslaughter Forcible Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault
Madison 28,120 159 1 1 9 148
Haralson 28,780 111 0 3 6 102
Oconee 32,808 99 0 1 6 92
Lumpkin 29,966 80 0 3 1 76
Hart 25,213 66 0 2 2 62
Gilmer 28,292 36 2 10 1 23
Jones 28,669 35 0 0 3 32
Sumter 32,819 29 0 4 2 23
Decatur 27,842 28 0 2 2 24
Pickens 29,431 27 1 5 1 20
Chattooga 26,015 24 0 3 0 21
Peach 27,695 20 1 2 2 15
Toombs 27,223 20 0 3 0 17
Stephens 26,175 20 0 0 0 20
Upson 27,153 18 0 0 2 16
White 27,144 18 0 3 2 13
Tattnall 25,520 18 0 0 3 15
Bryan 30,233 17 0 0 5 12
Lee 28,298 14 1 0 2 11
Harris 32,024 8 0 2 2 4
Wayne 30,099 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Monroe 26,424 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

5. Property Crime
AS REPORTED TO THE FBI FOR 2010
H T T P : / / W W W. F B I . G O V / A B O U T- U S / C J I S / U C R / U C R

6. Using those same counties we will look at property crime reported for 2010.
Property crime is defined as being Burglary, Larceny-Theft, Motor Vehicle
Theft and Arson.
Oconee County (531) reported the fourth highest incidents of property crime.
Only Madison (723), Stephens (597) and Jones (533) Counties reported a
higher number of property crime.
Property Crime
800
Madison
700
Stephens
600 Jones
500 Oconee
400 Lee
Hart
300
Lumpkin
200
Upson
100 Pickens
0 Harris
Haralson
Bryan

7. County Population Property Crime Burglary Larceny-Theft Motor Vehicle Theft Arson1
Madison 28,120 723 207 450 66 7
Stephens 26,175 597 133 448 16 0
Jones 28,669 533 143 327 63 1
Oconee 32,808 531 122 375 34 0
Lee 28,298 528 168 322 38 0
Hart 25,213 474 170 282 22 0
Lumpkin 29,966 454 117 307 30 4
Upson 27,153 433 151 271 11 0
Pickens 29,431 409 103 289 17 0
Harris 32,024 407 16 380 11 0
Haralson 28,780 397 96 278 23 0
Bryan 30,233 353 112 229 12 0
Gilmer 28,292 344 112 205 27 0
White 27,144 325 145 158 22 0
Peach 27,695 309 109 158 42 0
Sumter 32,819 297 94 178 25 0
Toombs 27,223 275 95 144 36 3
Tattnall 25,520 270 94 152 24 0
Decatur 27,842 263 72 181 10 6
Chattooga 26,015 213 60 143 10 0