Atlanta Vandalism
Atlanta · Vandalism · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Atlanta police open data recorded 4,016 vandalism incidents, 6.2% of all 64,793 incidents reported in the city that year and down 14.1% from 2024. That is about 772 per 100,000 residents, compared with 741 per 100,000 across the 57 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 2,003 vandalism incidents have been published.
Vandalism in Atlanta by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 2,003 | — | — |
| 2025 | 4,016 | 772 | down 14.1% |
| 2024 | 4,674 | 899 | down 7.0% |
| 2023 | 5,025 | 966 | up 0.7% |
| 2022 | 4,992 | 960 | up 11.3% |
| 2021 | 4,484 | 862 | — |
| 2020 (partial year) | — | — | — |
— : the police feed published no vandalism incidents that year (usually a change in how it labels offenses), so the count is unknown rather than zero.
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 25,194 vandalism incidents.
Questions
How many vandalism incidents were reported in Atlanta in 2025?
4,016, according to Atlanta Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is vandalism going up or down in Atlanta?
Reported vandalism was down 14.1% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 19.6% 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.
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