What is the crime rate in Atlanta, GA?

In 2025, the Atlanta Police Department reported 3,872 violent crimes and 16,403 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 736 violent and 3,119 property crimes per 100,000 of the 525,939 residents it serves.

Across Georgia the rates were 304 and 1,413.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 736
Property per 100,000: 3,119
Violent crimes: 3,872
Property crimes: 16,403

Crime reported by the Atlanta Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	3,548	709	19,595	3,917	500,212
2024	3,125	604	18,353	3,549	517,123
2025	3,872	736	16,403	3,119	525,939

Violent crimes reported went from 3,548 in 2023 to 3,872 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 19,595 in 2023 to 16,403 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Atlanta against Georgia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Atlanta	736	3,119
Georgia	304	1,413
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Atlanta, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Atlanta	—	736	3,119
East Point	7.0 mi	1,029	4,534
Hapeville	7.1 mi	311	6,110
Decatur	7.3 mi	131	1,887
Brookhaven	8.5 mi	265	1,995
College Park	8.7 mi	1,309	6,372
Smyrna	8.7 mi	240	1,008
Avondale Estates	9.1 mi	142	1,393
Forest Park	11 mi	563	2,215

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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