Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Atlanta, GA Crime Grade
How Atlanta grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Georgia — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Georgia
9/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Atlanta, GA was 722.7 per 100,000 residents (3,801 incidents over a population of 525,939). That puts Atlanta Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 149% above the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks Atlanta #3,544 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 6% of them, and #78 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is up 20% year over year and down 19% over the last five years.
Atlanta, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Georgia Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 722.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,544 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #78 of 90
- Safer than
- 6% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 20%
- 5-year change
- down 19%
- Population
- 525,939
- Reporting agency
- Atlanta Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Atlanta Police Department (FBI ORI GAAPD0000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Atlanta, GA
Also known as
- Canebrake
- Whitehall
- Terminus
- Standing Peachtree
- White Hall
- Marthasville
- Marthasdale
History
ranked 29th by population in the 1980 census Incorporated as a city in 1845. Became the state capital in 1868.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Atlanta (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Atlanta vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 888.4(4,631) | 851.5(4,221) | 709.3(3,548) | 603.0(3,118) | 722.7(3,801) |
| Murder | 30.9(161) | 34.5(171) | 26.8(134) | 23.8(123) | 18.8(99) |
| Rape | 30.5(159) | 33.3(165) | 24.0(120) | 22.8(118) | 23.6(124) |
| Robbery | 160.4(836) | 144.8(718) | 120.5(603) | 100.0(517) | 120.7(635) |
| Aggravated assault | 666.6(3,475) | 638.9(3,167) | 538.0(2,691) | 456.4(2,360) | 559.6(2,943) |
| Property crime | 3683.1(19,199) | 3770.6(18,691) | 3917.3(19,595) | 3545.6(18,335) | 3074.9(16,172) |
| Burglary | 325.9(1,699) | 372.4(1,846) | 350.1(1,751) | 341.1(1,764) | 325.5(1,712) |
| Larceny | 2742.5(14,296) | 2724.2(13,504) | 2509.9(12,555) | 2479.9(12,824) | 2302.9(12,112) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 612.2(3,191) | 670.2(3,322) | 1047.8(5,241) | 719.6(3,721) | 438.6(2,307) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Atlanta, GA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Atlanta Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Atlanta calculated?
- Atlanta's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Georgia state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Georgia cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Atlanta Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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