Atlanta, GA crime rate
In 2025 the Atlanta Police Department reported 736.2 violent crimes and 3,118.8 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Georgia and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Arson, 2023: unusual change, check the source. 2022: 19, 2023: 48, 2024: 26 (over 160% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2023 are not shown.
How does Atlanta compare with Georgia and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Atlanta only.
What offenses were reported in Atlanta, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Georgia | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 3,872 | 736.2 | 296.9 | 327.6 | up 21.8% | down 17.1% |
| Murder | 98 | 18.6 | 5.6 | 4.1 | down 21.8% | down 39.8% |
| Rape | 130 | 24.7 | 30.4 | 36.1 | up 7.4% | down 19.0% |
| Robbery | 654 | 124.3 | 33.6 | 49.4 | up 24.3% | down 22.5% |
| Aggravated assault | 2,990 | 568.5 | 227.3 | 238.0 | up 24.3% | down 14.7% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 16,403 | 3,118.8 | 1,409.3 | 1,534.8 | down 12.1% | down 15.3% |
| Burglary | 1,740 | 330.8 | 164.7 | 193.6 | down 3.2% | up 1.5% |
| Larceny-theft | 12,235 | 2,326.3 | 1,081.2 | 1,144.1 | down 6.3% | down 15.2% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2,386 | 453.7 | 163.4 | 197.0 | down 37.0% | down 25.9% |
| Arson | 42 | 8.0 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 60.0% | up 220.0% |
Reported = offenses known to the Atlanta Police Department and sent to the FBI. Georgia and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Atlanta | United States | Georgia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 888.4 | 387.0 | 349.8 |
| 2022 | 851.5 | 388.7 | 371.2 |
| 2023 | 709.3 | 379.5 | 367.0 |
| 2024 | 604.3 | 362.9 | 319.7 |
| 2025 | 736.2 | 327.6 | 296.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Atlanta | United States | Georgia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,683.1 | 1,832.3 | 1,601.4 |
| 2022 | 3,770.2 | 1,973.8 | 1,708.7 |
| 2023 | 3,917.3 | 1,934.1 | 1,877.8 |
| 2024 | 3,549.1 | 1,761.1 | 1,660.4 |
| 2025 | 3,118.8 | 1,534.8 | 1,409.3 |
Is Atlanta safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Atlanta Police Department reported, 736.2 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Georgia's 296.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It rose 21.8% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Violent crime in Atlanta rose 21.8% from 2024 to 2025, to 736.2 per 100,000 residents covered by the Atlanta Police Department. The department had 3,872 violent offenses reported to the FBI, and the rate was 2.5 times the Georgia estimate of 296.9 and 2.2 times the US rate of 327.6. The longer view runs the other way: from 888.4 in 2021, the violent rate is down 17.1%.
Robbery and aggravated assault both rose 24.3% in the last year, while murder fell the most of the violent offenses, 21.8%, to 98 homicides. The murder rate of 18.6 per 100,000 is 39.8% below 2021 and 4.5 times the national rate. Aggravated assault was 77% of all violent crime.
Property crime fell 12.1% in the last year and 15.3% since 2021, to 3,118.8 per 100,000, which is 2.2 times the state's 1,409.3 and 2.0 times the national 1,534.8. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses, 37.0% from 2024 and 25.9% from 2021, to 453.7 per 100,000. Burglary was 1.5% higher than in 2021, and larceny-theft, 75% of property crime, was 15.2% lower.
The 2023 arson count is flagged as an unusual change and is not compared. All 12 months were reported in each of the 5 years shown, and the department has used NIBRS since 2020. DeKalb County and Fulton County police and sheriff's offices report separately, so their cases are not in these figures.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 4.47 per 1,000 residents (1,817 officers, 532 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Georgia cities
The nearest Georgia cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Atlanta Police Department (ORI GAAPD0000), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Georgia and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Atlanta Police Department (GAAPD0000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GAAPD0000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Atlanta Police Department (GAAPD0000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GAAPD0000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Atlanta Police Department (GAAPD0000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GAAPD0000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Atlanta Police Department (GAAPD0000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GAAPD0000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Atlanta Police Department (GAAPD0000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GAAPD0000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Atlanta Police Department (GAAPD0000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GAAPD0000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Atlanta Police Department (GAAPD0000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GAAPD0000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Atlanta Police Department (GAAPD0000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GAAPD0000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Atlanta Police Department (GAAPD0000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GAAPD0000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Atlanta Police Department (GAAPD0000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_GAAPD0000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Atlanta Police Department (GAAPD0000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_GAAPD0000__from-2021-to-2025.json)