Atlanta Neighborhood Safety Update

Week of October 30, 2022

Last week saw a slight increase in the number of crimes - 437 - reported by the Atlanta Police Department compared to the week before (420).

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

  43
• Midtown

  34
• Berkeley Park, Blandtown

  15

No crimes were reported in 10 neighborhoods:

• Amal Heights, Betmar LaVilla
• Arden/Habersham
• Ardmore, Brookwood
• Brookhaven
• Buckhead Village, Peachtree Park
• Cascade Heights, East Ardley Road
• Cross Creek
• Fernleaf, Hanover West
• Midwest Cascade, Regency Trace
• Peachtree Heights East, Peachtree Hills

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 159 instances reported in the city last week (compared to 150 the week before). The close second category is non-vehicle larceny - with 107 reported during the week (which is flat week over week).

Larceny is followed by auto theft. 91 incidents involving theft or attempted theft of vehicle were recorded in Atlanta last week (versus 69 last week).

Among violent crimes, there were 40 reports of aggravated assault, 27 - of burglary, 11 robberies, and 2 homicides (down from 4).

All violent crimes

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