Byron, Georgia ranked #9 out of 50 Safest Georgia Cities!

ATLANTA, GA — The home security website Safewise has released its rankings of the 50 safest cities in Georgia, topped by Senoia, known by fans everywhere as the home base of the AMC TV show "The Walking Dead."

Senoia landed in the top spot thanks to its low property crime numbers—just 39 total compared to Summerville's 48, the website says. But despite the great records of our safest cities, Georgia's overall crime rates are higher than the national average. The violent crime rate is 4.77, barely higher than the national rate of 4.49. But the property crime rate is 10 points higher at 37.57 incidents per 1,000, compared to 27.11 nationally.

While the safest cities are scattered across the state, many are suburbs of Atlanta, including Milton, John's Creek, Alpharetta, Decatur, Woodstock, Roswell, Dallas, Hiram and Lawrenceville.

Only two cities on the SafeWise list had more than 100 violent crimes, and the highest was 126 in Sandy Springs, which has a population of more than 100,000. Seventy percent of the safest cities had no murders.

Survey respondents ranked digital security as the top safety concern in Georgia; 26 percent reported personal experience with digital security issues in the past year — that's two points higher than the national average.

According to the rankings, the top 50 safest cities in Georgia are:

1. Senoia
2. Summerville
3. Milton
4. Flowery Branch
5. Johns Creek
6. Peachtree City
7. Alpharetta
8. Grovetown
9. Byron
10. Glennville
11. Springfield
12. Locust Grove
13. Pooler
14. Holly Springs
15. Woodstock
16. Duluth
17. Braselton
18. Roswell
19. Sandy Springs
20. Loganville
21. Rincon
22. Adairsville
23. Dunwoody
24. McRae-Helena
25. Social Circle
26. Dallas
27. Auburn
28. Thomasville
29. Suwanee
30. Jefferson
31. Tyrone
32. Hazlehurst
33. Decatur
34. Acworth
35. Cumming
36. Fayetteville
37. Snellville
38. Hampton
39. Kennesaw
40. Camilla
41. Cornelia
42. Lawrenceville
43. Canton
44. Kingsland
45. Temple
46. Hiram
47. Port Wentworth
48. Palmetto
49. Milledgeville
50. Lilburn