FBI arson data · 2024
Georgia Arson
620 arson offenses were reported by 844 Georgia law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 1.8% of the national total. The most was reported by DeKalb County Police Department (49).
Georgia agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeKalb County Police Department | County | DeKalb County | 49 |
| Bibb County Sheriff's Office | County | Bibb County | 37 |
| Augusta-Richmond County Sheriff's Office | County | Richmond County | 35 |
| Cobb County Police Department | County | Cobb County | 24 |
| Gwinnett County Police Department | County | Gwinnett County | 24 |
| Atlanta Police Department | City | Fulton County | 24 |
| Athens-Clarke County Police Department | City | Clarke County | 17 |
| South Fulton | Unknown | — | 16 |
| Bartow County Sheriff's Office | County | Bartow County | 15 |
| Warner Robins Police Department | City | Houston County | 12 |
| Rome Police Department | City | Floyd County | 10 |
| Clayton County Police Department | County | Clayton County | 9 |
| Roswell Police Department | City | Fulton County | 9 |
| Paulding County Sheriff's Office | County | Paulding County | 9 |
| Lowndes County Sheriff's Office | County | Lowndes County | 8 |
| Newton County Sheriff's Office | County | Newton County | 8 |
| Chamblee Police Department | City | DeKalb County | 7 |
| Brookhaven Police Department | City | — | 7 |
| Albany Police Department | City | Dougherty County | 7 |
| Glynn County Police Department | County | Glynn County | 7 |
| Gwinnett County Public Schools | Other | Gwinnett County | 7 |
| Hall County Sheriff's Office | County | Hall County | 7 |
| Gainesville Police Department | City | Hall County | 7 |
| Georgia Forestry Commission | Other State Agency | Bibb County | 6 |
| Columbus Police Department | City | Muscogee County | 6 |
Georgia arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Georgia arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Georgia in 2024?+
620 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 844 Georgia law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 170 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Georgia?+
DeKalb County Police Department, with 49 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in DeKalb County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Georgia?+
Georgia's 620 reported arsons were 1.8% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.