Atlanta Crime Map

Georgia · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12

Latest 24h	13 incidents, 5 violent (2026-11-12)
2026 YTD	24,271 incidents through October
2025 (full year)	64,793 incidents
Full archive	652,581 incidents (2009–2026)
Per 100K / year	12,459

Source: Atlanta Police Department open data.

About crime in Atlanta

Latest mapped day. Atlanta recorded 13 incidents on 2026-11-12, including 5 violent-category incidents. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.

Year-over-year context

Atlanta recorded 53,891 incidents in 2024 and 64,793 in 2025, a 20.2% increase. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.

Latest 24h (2026-11-12) category breakdown

Assault	5
Other	4
Theft	2
Theft from vehicle	1
Auto theft	1

Across 2009–2026, the current archive contains 652,581 incidents for Atlanta. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.

Atlanta crime overview

Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data

TL;DR. Atlanta, Georgia recorded 64,793 police-reported incidents in 2025, including 7,940 violent-category incidents. Other was the most reported category with 31,401 incidents, followed by Theft with 7,861 and Assault with 6,796. The 2025 total rose 20.2% from 53,891 incidents in 2024. Data cover 12 months of 2025 and are current through November 2026, with yearly counts archived from 2009 to 2026.

About this data

TheCrimeMaps plots police-reported crime incidents in Atlanta, Georgia, using open data from the Atlanta Police Department. The current view covers calendar year 2025, a complete 12-month year in which officers reported 64,793 incidents. Of that total, 7,940 incidents were in violent categories — assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide — accounting for 12.3% of all 2025 reports.

Against the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 520,070 for the city, 2025 corresponds to 12,458.5 reported incidents per 100,000 residents, including 1,526.7 violent-category incidents per 100,000 residents. Those figures describe the rate of police-reported incidents, not measures of personal risk. Data here is current through November 2026, and the Atlanta archive on TheCrimeMaps holds 652,581 incidents from 2009 to 2026 combined.

Recent trend

Reported incidents in Atlanta rose 20.2% between the two consecutive complete calendar years, from 53,891 in 2024 to 64,793 in 2025. That 2025 total is the highest among complete years in the archive, above 51,839 in 2022 and 50,056 in 2023. Earlier complete years were lower, including 39,220 in 2009 and 49,375 in 2021. Figures for 2013 through 2020 and for 2026 cover partial reporting windows, so they are not compared as annual changes. Complete-year totals from 2009 onward provide the consistent basis for that comparison.

Category breakdown

Other was the largest grouping in 2025, with 31,401 incidents, or 48.5% of the total. The source groups many incident types under Other, including Other crime with 23,490 incidents, or 36.3% of the total, plus Drugs, Weapons offenses, Threats and Impaired & dangerous driving. Theft was next with 7,861 incidents, or 12.1%, followed by Assault with 6,796 incidents, or 10.5%. Theft from vehicle added 6,359 incidents, or 9.8%, while Vandalism contributed 4,016 incidents, or 6.2%, and Fraud added 2,760 incidents, or 4.3%. Within Other, Drugs accounted for 5,217 incidents, or 8.1% of the total, Weapons offenses for 1,103 incidents, or 1.7%, Threats for 989 incidents, or 1.5%, and Impaired & dangerous driving for 602 incidents, or 0.9%.

What this means

What stands out for Atlanta in 2025 is scale and concentration. The city reported 64,793 incidents in 2025, compared with 53,891 in 2024 and 51,839 in 2022, making 2025 the highest complete-year count from 2009 to 2025. The 2025 total includes 31,401 incidents in Other, or 48.5%. Beyond that grouping, Theft with 7,861 incidents, or 12.1%, Assault with 6,796 incidents, or 10.5%, and Theft from vehicle with 6,359 incidents, or 9.8%, define the remainder.

FAQ

How many crimes were reported in Atlanta in 2025?
Atlanta recorded 64,793 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That equals 12,458.5 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 520,070 for the city. The total covers 12 months of data for the complete year.

What was the most common type of crime reported in Atlanta in 2025?
Other was the largest category in 2025, with 31,401 incidents, or 48.5% of the 64,793 total. Within Other, Other crime accounted for 23,490 incidents, followed by Drugs with 5,217, Weapons offenses with 1,103, Threats with 989, and Impaired & dangerous driving with 602. Theft was the next largest specific category with 7,861 incidents.

Did reported crime go up or down in Atlanta from 2024 to 2025?
Reported incidents increased between the two consecutive complete calendar years. Atlanta went from 53,891 incidents in 2024 to 64,793 incidents in 2025, an increase of 20.2%. Both years include 12 months of data. The longer archive shows 51,839 incidents in 2022 and 50,056 in 2023 before the rise in 2024 and 2025.

Which Atlanta neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in 2025?
No named neighborhoods ranked by incidents in 2025 are listed for Atlanta in this release, so neighborhood comparisons are not available on this page. The citywide total was 64,793 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, including 7,861 thefts and 6,796 assaults. Those citywide category counts are the most detailed breakdown provided here.

Where does the Atlanta crime data on this page come from?
The figures on this page come from the Atlanta Police Department, the upstream open-data source for this Atlanta release. That source is the basis for the 64,793 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025 and the category breakdowns, including 31,401 Other incidents and 7,940 violent-category incidents.

How up to date is the Atlanta crime data on TheCrimeMaps?
The headline period is the complete calendar year 2025 with 12 months of data, totaling 64,793 incidents. The archive behind this page runs from 2009 to 2026 and contains 652,581 incidents across all years combined. Data on TheCrimeMaps is current through November 2026, which includes the partial year 2026 with 25,552 incidents across 10 months.

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