Decatur crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 18 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Decatur for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2018.
The city violent crime rate for Decatur in 2018 was lower than the
national violent crime rate average by 56.01% and the city property crime rate in Decatur was higher than the
national property crime rate average by 6.93%.
In 2018 the city violent crime rate in Decatur was lower than the
violent crime rate in Georgia by 48.74% and the city property crime rate in Decatur was lower than the
property crime rate in Georgia by 8.62%.