Safest Atlanta Neighborhoods in November

Week of November 20, 2022

A slightly lower number of crimes - 407 - were reported this past week by the Atlanta Police Department compared to the week before (426).

The result follows a drop of about 15% last week after a sharp rise of 17% during the previous week.

Most of the crimes were committed in:

• Castleberry Hill/Downtown

  39
• Midtown

  25
• Old Fourth Ward, Sweet Auburn

  14

No crimes were reported in 14 neighborhoods:

• AUC
• Bankhead Courts, Bankhead/Bolton
• Bankhead, Washington Park
• Ben Hill Acres, Briar Glen
• Cascade Avenue/Road
• Chosewood Park, Englewood Manor
• Cross Creek
• Kingswood, Mt. Paran/Northside
• Midwest Cascade, Regency Trace
• Peachtree Heights East, Peachtree Hills
• Peachtree Heights West
• Piedmont Heights
• 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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Safest Atlanta neighborhoods

Larceny from vehicles continues to top the list of crime categories. There was a total of 152 instances reported in the city last week (a drop of over 16% from the week before). This week auto theft and non-vehicle larceny share the second spot - with 87 reported for the week.

Among violent crimes, there were 35 reports of aggravated assault, 35 - of burglary, 6 robberies (same as last week), and 5 homicides (up from 2).

All violent crimes

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