Crime rate & statistics
Atlanta Crime Rate & Safety Statistics
How Atlanta's crime rate compares with the national average, and what its property-heavy mix means block to block.
Key indices
Atlanta crime at a glance
Index values are scaled so that 100 equals the U.S. average.
Your odds
Estimated victimization risk
Calibrated against national benchmark rates and expressed as everyday odds.
Trend
Is crime rising or falling in Atlanta?
Reported incidents per month over the most recent year of data.
Context
How to read these numbers
Atlanta's crime rate runs above the U.S. average, with property crime — theft, vehicle break-ins, and burglary — accounting for most of the volume. The violent crime rate is elevated relative to the national figure but, as in many cities, concentrates in a limited set of corridors rather than spreading evenly across Atlanta's many distinct neighborhoods.
We convert Atlanta's crime indices into estimated rates per 100,000 residents using national benchmarks, then restate them as plain odds — roughly a “1 in N” chance over a year. Each index is anchored so that 100 equals the national average: 160 means about 60% more of that offense than a typical U.S. community, and 75 means about a quarter less. Letter grades place every area on one A-to-F curve calibrated across U.S. cities.