Atlanta Neighborhood Safety Update

Week of October 16, 2022

Last week saw approximately the same the number of crimes - 442 - reported by the Atlanta Police Department as the week before (445).

The number continue to be well below the peaks of 519 and 496 per week we saw in September.

Most of the crimes were committed in:

• Castleberry Hill/Downtown

  51
• Midtown

  28
• Old Fourth Ward, Sweet Auburn

  14

No crimes were reported in 15 neighborhoods:

• Almond Park, Carey Park
• Ashley Courts, Greenbriar Village
• Baker Hills, Bakers Ferry
• Ben Hill Acres, Briar Glen
• Benteen Park, Boulevard Heights
• Brandon, Castlewood
• Brookhaven
• Cascade Avenue/Road
• East Chastain Park
• Fernleaf, Hanover West
• Greenbriar
• Hunter Hills, Mozley Park
• Midwest Cascade, Regency Trace
• Peoplestown
• Westview

Here is the heat map for the week with the dark blue color indicating areas with more than 6 crimes, light blue - between 2 and 6 crimes, and the rest - with 2 crimes or less last week.

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Overall Atlanta stats

Larceny from vehicles continues to top the list of crime categories. There was a total of 170 instances reported in the city last week (compared to 178 the week before). The close second category is non-vehicle larceny - with 104 reported during the week.

Larceny is followed by auto theft. 83 incidents involving theft or attempted theft of vehicle were recorded in Atlanta last week (same as last week).

Among violent crimes, there were 45 reports of aggravated assault, 32 - of burglary, 7 robberies, and 1 homicide (down from 2).

All violent crimes

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