Atlanta Neighborhood Safety Update

Week of October 23, 2022

Last week saw a slightly lower number of crimes - 420 - reported by the Atlanta Police Department compared to the week before (442).

The numbers 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

  31
• Midtown

  30
• Old Fourth Ward, Sweet Auburn

  20

No crimes were reported in 18 neighborhoods:

• Baker Hills, Bakers Ferry
• Ben Hill Acres, Briar Glen
• Ben Hill Terrace
• Brookhaven
• Capitol View, Capitol View Manor
• Cascade Heights, East Ardley Road
• Chosewood Park, Englewood Manor
• Dixie Hills, West Lake
• East Chastain Park
• Fernleaf, Hanover West
• Garden Hills
• Knight Park/Howell Station
• Margaret Mitchell, Paces
• Midwest Cascade, Regency Trace
• Peachtree Heights East, Peachtree Hills
• Pine Hills
• South River Gardens
• Thomasville Heights

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 150 instances reported in the city last week (compared to 165 the week before). The close second category is non-vehicle larceny - with 106 reported during the week.

Larceny is followed by auto theft. 69 incidents involving theft or attempted theft of vehicle were recorded in Atlanta last week (versus 82 last week).

Among violent crimes, there were 48 reports of aggravated assault, 30 - of burglary, 13 robberies, and 4 homicides (up from 1).

All violent crimes

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