Atlanta Homicide
Atlanta · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Atlanta police open data recorded 97 homicide incidents, 0.1% of all 64,793 incidents reported in the city that year and down 19.2% from 2024. That is about 18.7 per 100,000 residents, compared with 8.8 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 50 homicide incidents have been published.
Homicide in Atlanta by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 50 | — | — |
| 2025 | 97 | 18.7 | down 19.2% |
| 2024 | 120 | 23.1 | down 8.4% |
| 2023 | 131 | 25.2 | down 20.6% |
| 2022 | 165 | 31.7 | up 11.5% |
| 2021 | 148 | 28.5 | — |
| 2020 (partial year) | 103 | — | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 1,775 homicide incidents.
Questions
How many homicide incidents were reported in Atlanta in 2025?
97, according to Atlanta Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is homicide going up or down in Atlanta?
Reported homicide was down 19.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 41.2% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Atlanta Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Atlanta
- Atlanta other 31,401 in 2025
- Atlanta theft 7,861 in 2025
- Atlanta assault 6,796 in 2025
- Atlanta theft from vehicle 6,359 in 2025
- Atlanta vandalism 4,016 in 2025
- Atlanta fraud 2,760 in 2025
- Atlanta auto theft 2,735 in 2025
- Atlanta burglary 1,721 in 2025
- Atlanta robbery 684 in 2025
- Atlanta sexual assault 363 in 2025