2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Augusta, GA vs Salem, OR

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- Salem has 27% less violent crime than Augusta.
- Salem has 1% less property crime than Augusta.
 Augusta, GASalem, ORUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock2022.7
 Property Crime59.5  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Augusta    35 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for 9 years and this is not a good place to live. I've been to 46 states and 4 countries. While people tout the nature, the water is for the most  More

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Over 4 years ago

Richmond County is a cesspool with a greedy racist mayor. The demographics have certainly changed over the years and is now a liberal Democrat hell hole. The Augusta  More

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Over 5 years ago

Augusta is a wonderful place to live. To be honest, people who have negative things to say have NOT made the effort to explore all the beauty. We have a gorgeous lake  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Augusta, GeorgiaCrime Index
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 Keysville, GA5.65
 Perry, SC5.75
 Midville, GA7.85
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 Edgefield, SC14.3
 Blythe, GA14.35
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