Crime & Safety in Warner Robins

Warner Robins' crime picture shows real disagreement between its two most-cited third-party sources -- more in SEVERITY than in outright direction -- with NeighborhoodScout framing the city as running well above average and CrimeGrade's more moderate grade describing the gap as only 'slightly higher than the norm.'

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NeighborhoodScout's less favorable read

NeighborhoodScout cites an overall crime rate of 36 per 1,000 residents, describing Warner Robins as having "one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes," with roughly a 1-in-28 annual chance of victimization, and states more than 93% of Georgia communities have a lower crime rate.

CrimeGrade's more moderate read

CrimeGrade.org cites a violent crime rate of 3.602 per 1,000 residents and a property crime rate of 14.85 per 1,000 in a typical year, assigning an overall grade of C -- describing the combined rate as merely "slightly higher than the norm" versus the average US city, a meaningfully softer characterization than NeighborhoodScout's.

A real gap in framing severity, and a real, favorable contrast with Macon

This is a genuine, disclosed gap between an alarmed framing (NeighborhoodScout) and a moderate one (CrimeGrade) -- not a resolved verdict either way. Worth noting directly: both of Warner Robins' figures (36/1,000 overall per NeighborhoodScout; 3.602/1,000 violent per CrimeGrade) run below Macon's equivalent numbers (49/1,000 and 5.324/1,000, respectively) cited elsewhere in this dataset, where the two sources notably AGREE on an above-average read.

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As with any city, block-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, and factor in that the two tools may give meaningfully different reads for the same address given their real disagreement in severity.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-22. Independent research; not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.