Safest & Most Dangerous Neighborhoods in Atlanta

Neighborhoods ranked: 168
Reports, 30 days: 3,345
Violent, 30 days: 640
Violent / sq mi: 5.0; city-wide, median 2.7

Safest neighborhoods in Atlanta#

The 10 Atlanta neighborhoods with the fewest violent crime reports per square mile over the last 30 days. Low numbers mean few reports where people live and work, not that nothing ever happens there.

Safest neighborhoods in Atlanta
#	Neighborhood	All reports
19	Tuxedo Park	1
20	Mt. Paran/Northside	2
21	Brookhaven	1
22	Margaret Mitchell	1
23	Ansley Park	1
24	Emory	2
25	Chastain Park	3
26	Lake Claire	1
27	Arlington Estates	1
28	Brandon	2

Most dangerous neighborhoods in Atlanta#

The 10 neighborhoods with the most violent crime reports per square mile. Downtowns, nightlife districts and transit hubs rank high partly because so many people pass through them; a report is where an incident was recorded, not a judgment on the people who live there.

Neighborhoods with the most violent crime reports in Atlanta
#	Neighborhood	Violent / sq mi	Violent	All reports
1	Downtown	37	73	346
2	Castleberry Hill	35	10	64
3	Marietta Street Artery	35	13	40
4	Sweet Auburn	32	10	37
5	Vine City	27	14	78
6	Atlantic Station	27	7	17
7	Mechanicsville	27	19	59
8	Peoplestown	26	14	57
9	Harland Terrace	22	10	47
10	Midtown	21	34	258

All 247 Atlanta neighborhoods#

Every neighborhood, safest first (1 = the fewest violent crime reports per square mile). Neighborhoods under 0.2 square miles are listed without a rank: a single report would swing their figure.

Atlanta neighborhoods ranked by violent crime reports per square mile
#	Neighborhood	Violent / sq mi	Violent	All reports
1	Argonne Forest	0.0	0	0
2	Audobon Forest	0.0	0	0
3	Audobon Forest West	0.0	0	0
4	Bakers Ferry	0.0	0	0
5	Boulder Park	0.0	0	0
6	Castlewood	0.0	0	0
7	Chattahoochee	0.0	0	0
8	Fort McPherson	0.0	0	0
9	Kingswood	0.0	0	0
10	Magnum Manor	0.0	0	0
11	Niskey Lake	0.0	0	0
12	Peachtree Heights East	0.0	0	0
13	Pleasant Hill	0.0	0	0
14	Randall Mill	0.0	0	0
15	Sherwood Forest	0.0	0	0
16	Wesley Battle	0.0	0	0
17	Whitewater Creek	0.0	0	0
18	Wyngate	0.0	0	0
19	Tuxedo Park	0.0	0	1
20	Mt. Paran/Northside	0.0	0	2
21	Brookhaven	0.0	0	1
22	Margaret Mitchell	0.0	0	1
23	Ansley Park	0.0	0	1
24	Emory	0.0	0	2
25	Chastain Park	0.0	0	3
26	Lake Claire	0.0	0	1
27	Arlington Estates	0.0	0	1
28	Brandon	0.0	0	2
29	Swallow Circle/Baywood	0.0	0	1
30	West Highlands	0.0	0	3
31	Peachtree Battle Alliance	0.0	0	3
32	Collier Hills	0.0	0	1
33	Ridgewood Heights	0.0	0	1
34	Bolton	0.0	0	9
35	Peyton Forest	0.0	0	3
36	The Villages at East Lake	0.0	0	2
37	Georgia Tech	0.0	0	4
38	Springlake	0.0	0	2
39	Whittier Mill Village	0.0	0	3
40	Elmco Estates	0.0	0	2
41	Underwood Hills	0.0	0	12
42	Fairburn Heights	0.0	0	7
43	Chosewood Park	0.0	0	11
44	Rosedale Heights	0.0	0	4
45	Brookwood Hills	0.0	0	4
46	Baker Hills at Campbellton	0.0	0	3
47	Custer/McDonough/Guice	0.0	0	6
48	Lakewood	0.0	0	8
49	West Manor	0.0	0	4
50	Benteen Park	0.0	0	5
51	Candler Park	0.0	0	12
52	Wildwood (NPU-C)	0.0	0	7
53	Cross Creek	0.0	0	6
54	Mozley Park	0.0	0	10
55	Virginia Highland	0.0	0	42
56	Hills Park	0.7	1	2
57	Paces	0.7	2	3
58	Blair Villa/Poole Creek	0.8	1	4
59	East Lake	0.8	1	16
60	Ben Hill	0.9	1	4
61	Cascade Avenue/Road	1.0	1	11
62	Cascade Heights	1.0	1	2
63	Adams Park	1.0	1	12
64	West Cascade	1.1	1	2
65	Bankhead/Bolton	1.2	1	14
66	West Paces Ferry/Northside	1.5	1	2
67	East Atlanta	1.9	3	35
68	Druid Hills	1.9	1	5
69	Norwood Manor	1.9	1	6
70	Peachtree Hills	1.9	1	1
71	Piedmont Heights	2.1	1	17
72	Berkeley Park	2.1	1	40
73	South River Gardens	2.1	6	19
74	Polar Rock	2.1	1	3
75	Lakewood Heights	2.2	3	33
76	Morningside/Lenox Park	2.2	5	36
77	Orchard Knob	2.2	1	3
78	Adair Park	2.2	1	16
79	Beecher Hills	2.2	1	1
80	Carroll Heights	2.4	1	8
81	Mays	2.5	1	5
82	Riverside	2.6	2	12
83	Heritage Valley	2.6	1	3
84	Wilson Mill Meadows	2.7	1	1
85	Garden Hills	2.7	2	16
86	Poncey-Highland	2.7	1	16
87	Browns Mill Park	2.9	3	16
88	Ben Hill Terrace	3.0	1	3
89	Southwest	3.0	6	19
90	Kings Forest	3.1	2	11
91	Collier Heights	3.1	6	33
92	Carver Hills	3.1	1	3
93	Kirkwood	3.3	5	18
94	Peachtree Heights West	3.3	3	15
95	North Buckhead	3.4	9	33
96	Capitol View	3.5	2	14
97	Baker Hills	3.5	1	1
98	Pine Hills	3.6	4	26
99	Rockdale	3.6	2	6
100	Knight Park/Howell Station	3.7	2	3
101	East Chastain Park	3.7	2	5
102	Ormewood Park	3.8	3	14
103	Princeton Lakes	4.0	3	10
104	Peachtree Park	4.1	2	9
105	South Atlanta	4.3	2	18
106	Butner/Tell	4.5	1	1
107	Westwood Terrace	4.5	1	2
108	Center Hill	4.5	5	14
109	Boulevard Heights	4.6	1	3
110	Westview	4.8	3	13
111	Sylvan Hills	4.9	8	37
112	Greenbriar	4.9	5	24
113	Venetian Hills	5.2	5	13
114	Blandtown	5.2	4	16
115	Grant Park	5.2	9	44
116	Dixie Hills	5.5	4	14
117	Summerhill	5.6	3	32
118	Lindridge/Martin Manor	5.7	4	39
119	Almond Park	5.7	3	7
120	Grove Park	5.7	12	49
121	Leila Valley	6.1	3	9
122	Fairburn Mays	6.4	4	22
123	Reynoldstown	6.5	4	20
124	Hammond Park	6.6	4	13
125	West End	6.6	7	63
126	Inman Park	6.7	4	38
127	Loring Heights	7.0	3	17
128	Wildwood (NPU-H)	7.2	2	3
129	Glenrose Heights	7.2	10	26
130	Fairburn Tell	7.3	2	4
131	Monroe Heights	7.7	3	6
132	Atlanta University Center	7.7	4	25
133	Florida Heights	7.8	3	14
134	Thomasville Heights	7.9	5	13
135	Home Park	8.0	4	34
136	Perkerson	8.4	8	40
137	Westhaven	8.5	2	5
138	Adamsville	8.8	8	31
139	Oakland City	9.2	9	36
140	Edgewood	9.3	8	50
141	Brookview Heights	9.3	5	13
142	Buckhead Forest	9.6	3	10
143	Lincoln Homes	12	3	6
144	Old Fourth Ward	12	15	95
145	Scotts Crossing	12	6	14
146	South Tuxedo Park	13	5	25
147	Capitol View Manor	13	3	4
148	Carey Park	13	7	15
149	Pittsburgh	14	11	41
150	West Lake	14	4	9
151	Ashview Heights	15	4	29
152	Historic Westin Heights/Bankhead	15	10	34
153	Campbellton Road	16	7	33
154	Hunter Hills	16	8	20
155	English Avenue	16	13	103
156	Lenox	17	4	42
157	Washington Park	20	5	21
158	Lindbergh/Morosgo	20	12	84
159	Midtown	21	34	258
160	Harland Terrace	22	10	47
161	Peoplestown	26	14	57
162	Mechanicsville	27	19	59
163	Atlantic Station	27	7	17
164	Vine City	27	14	78
165	Sweet Auburn	32	10	37
166	Marietta Street Artery	35	13	40
167	Castleberry Hill	35	10	64
168	Downtown	37	73	346
—	Amal Heights	—	0	2
—	Arden/Habersham	—	0	1
—	Ardmore	—	2	4
—	Ashley Courts	—	1	2
—	Atkins Park	—	0	0
—	Bankhead Courts	—	0	0
—	Ben Hill Acres	—	1	2
—	Ben Hill Forest	—	0	2
—	Ben Hill Pines	—	0	1
—	Betmar LaVilla	—	1	5
—	Bolton Hills	—	0	0
—	Bonnybrook Estates	—	0	3
—	Brentwood	—	1	2
—	Briar Glen	—	0	0
—	Brookwood	—	0	1
—	Buckhead Heights	—	0	7
—	Buckhead Village	—	7	31
—	Bush Mountain	—	1	3
—	Cabbagetown	—	0	3
—	Capitol Gateway	—	1	7
—	Cascade Green	—	0	0
—	Chalet Woods	—	0	0
—	Channing Valley	—	0	3
—	Collier Hills North	—	0	0
—	Colonial Homes	—	0	4
—	Continental Colony	—	2	4
—	Deerwood	—	0	1
—	East Ardley Road	—	0	1
—	Edmund Park	—	0	0
—	English Park	—	1	7
—	Fairburn	—	0	0
—	Fairburn Road/Wisteria Lane	—	2	3
—	Fairway Acres	—	0	0
—	Fernleaf	—	0	0
—	Fort Valley	—	2	2
—	Green Acres Valley	—	0	0
—	Green Forest Acres	—	0	0
—	Greenbriar Village	—	0	0
—	Hanover West	—	0	0
—	Harris Chiles	—	0	12
—	Harvel Homes Community	—	0	0
—	High Point	—	0	0
—	Horseshoe Community	—	0	0
—	Huntington	—	0	0
—	Ivan Hill	—	0	0
—	Joyland	—	0	2
—	Just Us	—	0	0
—	Lake Estates	—	0	0
—	Laurens Valley	—	0	0
—	Meadowbrook Forest	—	1	2
—	Mellwood	—	0	1
—	Memorial Park	—	0	0
—	Mt. Gilead Woods	—	0	0
—	Mt. Paran Parkway	—	0	0
—	Niskey Cove	—	0	0
—	Oakcliff	—	2	2
—	Oakland	—	1	7
—	Old Fairburn Village	—	0	0
—	Old Gordon	—	1	3
—	Penelope Neighbors	—	0	1
—	Peyton Heights	—	0	1
—	Pomona Park	—	0	0
—	Rebel Valley Forest	—	1	2
—	Regency Trace	—	0	0
—	Ridgecrest Forest	—	2	2
—	Ridgedale Park	—	1	1
—	Rue Royal	—	0	1
—	Sandlewood Estates	—	0	0
—	South Oakes at Cascade	—	0	0
—	State Facility	—	0	0
—	Tampa Park	—	0	0
—	The Villages at Carver	—	3	6
—	The Villages at Castleberry Hill	—	4	21
—	Westminster/Milmar	—	0	0
—	Westover Plantation	—	0	0
—	Wildwood Forest	—	1	2
—	Wisteria Gardens	—	1	4
—	Woodfield	—	0	0
—	Woodland Hills	—	0	1

How this ranking works#

Data: every crime report Atlanta PD published for the last 30 days, placed in a neighborhood from its block-level location.
Measure: violent crime reports (assault, robbery, homicide, sex offenses and similar) per square mile of the neighborhood, so large and small areas compare fairly.
Limits:reports are preliminary and are not convictions; departments do not publish every incident; busy areas count visitors' incidents too. Treat the ranking as a starting point and check the blocks you care about on the map.
Boundaries: City of Atlanta neighborhoods. 278 reports fell outside these outlines (parks, airports, the edge of the city) and are not counted.

Questions#

What is the safest neighborhood in Atlanta?

By violent crime reports per square mile over the last 30 days, Tuxedo Park ranks first, with 0 violent reports on 1.1 square miles. Mt. Paran/Northside and Brookhaven follow.

What is the most dangerous neighborhood in Atlanta?

Downtown has the most violent crime reports per square mile right now (37, against a city median of 2.7). Rankings shift month to month, and a few blocks often account for most of a neighborhood's reports.

How often is this ranking updated?

Warden recomputes it every few hours from Atlanta PD's open-data feed. Last computed Nov 4, 9:35 AM ET.

About this data#

Atlanta Police Department via opendata.atlantapd.org. Locations are approximate, usually the block. All agencies: data sources.

Neighborhood rankings in other cities#

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