Crime & Safety in Cumming
Cumming's crime picture is one of the more consistent readings in this dataset -- both major third-party sources agree the city reads meaningfully safer than the national norm, a genuine agreement rather than the sharp cross-source disagreements seen for some other markets.
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Learn moreNeighborhoodScout's favorable read
NeighborhoodScout cites a combined violent-and-property crime rate of 5 per 1,000 residents for Cumming -- one of the lower rates in America among communities of all sizes, safer than 70% of US communities. The chance of being a crime victim in Cumming is cited at 1 in 206 overall, and 1 in 1,579 for violent crime specifically.
CrimeGrade's favorable read agrees
CrimeGrade cites an overall crime rate of 10.69 per 1,000 residents in a typical year, an A+ grade, and a 95th-percentile safety ranking -- meaning Cumming reads as safer than 95% of US cities by this methodology. Both major sources reviewed for this dataset point in the same direction for Cumming, a genuine, disclosed agreement rather than the sharper splits documented for some other Tier A markets in this project (see, for comparison, the crime-data disagreement disclosed for Katy, TX in katy-topics.js).
Real, disclosed block-level variance still exists
CrimeGrade notes real neighborhood-level variance within Cumming -- odds of being a victim of crime range from roughly 1-in-61 in central neighborhoods to 1-in-142 in the north. As with any city, citywide averages can mask this variance. Per site policy, no specific lower-rated area is named here -- check a specific address directly with both CrimeGrade.org and NeighborhoodScout.
Consistent with Forsyth County's broader profile
This favorable, broadly-agreeing crime picture is consistent with Forsyth County's documented low poverty rate (4.3%, about 68% below the Georgia state rate) and high median household income -- both factors commonly correlated with lower crime rates in third-party research, though this dataset does not claim a direct causal analysis.
Key takeaways
- NeighborhoodScout cites a combined crime rate of 5 per 1,000 residents for Cumming -- safer than 70% of US communities, with a 1-in-206 overall crime-victim chance.
- CrimeGrade cites an overall rate of 10.69 per 1,000, an A+ grade, and a 95th-percentile safety ranking -- both major sources agree Cumming reads meaningfully safer than the national norm, a genuine cross-source agreement rather than a sharp split.
- Real block-level variance exists within the city (roughly 1-in-61 in central neighborhoods vs. 1-in-142 in the north, per CrimeGrade) -- check a specific address directly. No specific lower-rated area is named here per site policy.
- This favorable crime picture is consistent with Forsyth County's documented low poverty rate (4.3%) and high median household income, both commonly correlated with lower crime rates in third-party research.
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