Safest Atlanta Neighborhoods in November

Week of November 27, 2022

A slightly higher number of crimes - 420 - were reported this past week by the Atlanta Police Department compared to the week before (407).

This continues a steady trend from last week following a drop of about 15% after a sharp rise of 17% in the preceding two weeks.

Most of the crimes were committed in:

• Castleberry Hill/Downtown

  31
• Midtown

  31
• Berkeley Park, Blandtow

  15
• Old Fourth Ward, Sweet Auburn

  11

No crimes were reported in 15 neighborhoods:

• AUC
• Adamsville, Oakcliff
• Arden/Habersham
• Ashley Courts, Greenbriar Village
• Baker Hills, Bakers Ferry
• Ben Hill Forest, Ben Hill Pines
• Benteen Park, Boulevard Heights
• Cascade Avenue/Road
• Chastain Park, Tuxedo Park
• East Chastain Park
• Fernleaf, Hanover West
• Lakewood, Leila Valley
• Midwest Cascade, Regency Trace
• Peachtree Heights East, Peachtree Hills
• Peachtree Heights West

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 166 instances reported in the city last week (a rise of 12% from the week before). This week non-vehicle larceny is back to the second spot - with 101 reported for the week, with auto theft following with 72.

Among violent crimes, there were 33 reports of aggravated assault, 36 - of burglary, 8 robberies (same as last week), and 4 homicides (down from 5).

All violent crimes

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