Crime & Safety in Roswell
Roswell's crime picture shows a genuinely interesting, non-obvious split between its two most-cited sources: CrimeGrade.org rates the city a middling C overall, while NeighborhoodScout frames Roswell as higher-crime than most of Georgia but explicitly safer than most similarly-sized communities nationally -- neither source alone gives a simple 'safe' or 'unsafe' verdict.
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Learn moreCrimeGrade.org's read: a middling C
CrimeGrade.org cites Roswell's overall crime rate at 27.06 per 1,000 residents, earning a C grade -- slightly higher than the average US city, placing Roswell in the 41st percentile for safety (safer than 41% of cities, less safe than 59%). Broken down further, violent crime is cited at 2.988 per 1,000 (a C+ grade, about the same as the average US city) and property crime at 10.63 per 1,000 (a B- grade, slightly lower than average).
NeighborhoodScout's read: a genuinely non-obvious split
NeighborhoodScout cites the chance of becoming a victim of violent or property crime in Roswell at 1 in 83, and frames the city's crime rate as higher than 62% of Georgia's cities and towns -- but, notably, "noticeably lower than the average" when compared specifically to other communities of similar population size nationally, meaning Roswell reads as safer than most comparably sized cities even while ranking worse than most of Georgia specifically. This is a real, worth-disclosing nuance rather than a simple contradiction: the two comparison groups (all Georgia cities vs. similarly sized US cities) are genuinely different populations to be ranked against.
How the two sources relate
CrimeGrade's middling C and 41st-percentile national ranking is broadly consistent with NeighborhoodScout's 'safer than most similarly sized communities' framing -- both point toward a city that is neither a standout-safe nor a standout-dangerous market nationally, even as it ranks less favorably specifically against other Georgia cities and towns by NeighborhoodScout's own comparison.
Check a specific address directly, and expect real block-level variance
As with any city, block-level and neighborhood-level variance is real and can be masked by any citywide statistic from either source. Per site policy, no specific lower-rated area is named here -- check a specific address directly with both CrimeGrade.org and NeighborhoodScout before drawing a conclusion.
Key takeaways
- CrimeGrade.org cites Roswell's overall crime rate at 27.06/1,000 (C grade, 41st percentile nationally), with violent crime at 2.988/1,000 (C+, about average) and property crime at 10.63/1,000 (B-, slightly below average).
- NeighborhoodScout cites a 1-in-83 chance of violent or property crime victimization, and frames Roswell as higher-crime than 62% of Georgia cities/towns but "noticeably lower than the average" compared to similarly sized US communities nationally.
- The two sources are broadly consistent despite the different framing: both point to a city that is neither a standout-safe nor standout-dangerous market nationally, even while ranking less favorably specifically against other Georgia cities.
- Check a specific address directly with both sources before drawing a conclusion; no specific lower-rated area is named here per site policy.
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