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Atlanta Crime Report2013

2013AtlantaCrimeReport

Crimestatisticsprovideahelpfulreflectionofthestateofpublicsafety.Whenusedcorrectly,thesestatisticscanhelpuspredicttrends,identifyissuesandpromotethewellbeingofourcommunity.Researchers,policymakers,mediaandpoliticiansusethesenumberstomakestatementsabouttheperceivedsafetyofcitizensandthejobelectedofficialsandlawenforcementaredoingtomakecommunitiessafer.

ThisreportincludescrimestatisticsfortheCityofAtlanta,compiledfromUCRdatasince2002.Thereportprovidescitizensandotherstakeholderswithanaccuratepictureofcrimetrendsinthecity.

CrimeStatisticsOverview In2013,therewere33,045majorcrimescommittedintheCityofAtlanta.Thefigure

representsadecreaseof3.6percentfromcalendaryear2012. Thelong‐termtrendindicatesadecreaseincrimeofmorethan33percentsince2002. TheUCRindicates5,517violentcrimesoccurredintheCityofAtlanta,adecreaseoffour

percentfrom2012. Whenconsidering5‐and10‐yeartrends,the2013violentcrimetotalwas25percentbelow

the2008leveland35percentbelowthe2003level. Therewereanestimated12violentcrimesper100,000inhabitantsin2013.Therate

indicatesareductioninviolentcrimecomparedtotheestimatedratefor2012. Aggravatedassaultsaccountedfor53.7percentofviolentcrimesand9percentoftotal

crimesreportedin2013. Robberyoffensesaccountedfor42.8percentofviolentcrimeoffenses;rapeaccountedfor

1.9percent;andmurderaccountedfor1.5percent. In2013,84personsweremurderedintheCityofAtlanta.Thisisa1.2percentincreasefrom

2012,buta44.7percentdropfrom2002numbersof152murders. Therewere27,528propertycrimeoffensesintheCityofAtlantain2013. The2‐yeartrendshowedthatpropertycrimedeclined3.6percentin2013whencompared

to2012.Thelong‐termtrendshowedthatpropertycrimeoffensesdeclined30.28percentin2013whencomparedto2002.

Therateofpropertycrimewasat62per100,000inhabitants,a3.6percentdecreasewhencomparedto2012.

TotalCrimedropped30percentinAtlantafrom2002‐2012comparedtoonly14percentnationally.

AbouttheUniformCrimeReportTheUniformCrimeReportingprogramwasestablishedin1929bytheInternationalAssociationofChiefsofPolicetocreatereliableanduniformcrimestatisticsforthenation.TheFBIistaskedwithcollecting,publishing,andarchivingstatisticsfromlawenforcementagenciesacrossthenation.TheFBIwarnsagainstrankingandcomparingcitiesusingcrimestatisticsgiventhateverycityfacesuniquefactorsandchallengesthatmaycontributetoitscrime,e.g.,population,socioeconomicmakeup,demographics,commuterpopulation,etc.Makingquickcomparisonsofcrimestatisticscancreatemisleadingperceptionsofcrimeandsafetyinagivenarea. 

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Part 1 crime fell 30% in Atlanta from 2002‐2012 compared to  a 14% drop nationally.

‐22%

‐6%

‐27%

‐30%‐33%

‐3% ‐6%

‐14% ‐14%

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011³ 2012 2013²

% Decrease – Yearly Comparison to 2002

Atlanta National

11,878,959

49,451

34,581

10,266,737

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Violent crimes are those offenses which involve force or threat of force.The FBI’s UCR Program tracks four violent crime offenses:  murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. 

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9,969 

8,491 

7,922 

7,213 

7,548 

8,075 

7,403 

6,359

5,749

6,097

6,027

5,517

Violent Crimes

Property crime  includes the offenses of burglary, larceny‐theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. 

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39,482 

41,021 

33,185 

31,397 

32,231 

36,232 

38,978 

34,349

30,800

30,144

28,554

27,528

Property Crimes

152 149

112

90

110

129

105

80

9388

83 84

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Homicides

In 2013, 84 persons were murdered in the City of Atlanta. 

This is a 1.2 % increase from 2012, but a 44.7% drop from 2002.

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4,168

3,701

3,1162,861

2,959

3,5773,308

2,725

2,1622,343

2,276 2,363

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

4,500

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Robberies

Robberies accounted for 42.8% of violent crimes.

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5,373

4,360 4,427

4,0394,308 4,221

3,864

3,419 3,405 3,518 3,555

2,965

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Aggravated Assault

Aggravated assaults accounted for 53.7 percent of violent crimes and 9 percent of total crimes reported in 2013.

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276 281267

223

171

148

126135

89

148

113105

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Rape

Rape accounted for 1.9% of violent  crimes.

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2013 Crime Statistics

Table 1

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2002

-201

220

02-2

013

2012

-201

3H

omic

ide

152

149

112

9011

012

910

580

9388

8384

-45.

39%

-44.

74%

1.2%

Rap

e27

628

126

722

317

114

812

613

589

148

113

105

-59.

06%

-61.

96%

-7.1

%R

obbe

ry4,

168

3,70

13,

116

2,86

12,

959

3,57

73,

308

2,72

52,

162

2,34

32,

276

2,36

3-4

5.39

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3.31

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ggra

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373

4,36

04,

427

4,03

94,

308

4,22

13,

864

3,41

93,

405

3,51

83,

555

2,96

5-3

3.84

%-4

4.82

%-1

6.6%

Vio

lent

Crim

es9,

969

8,49

1

7,

922

7,21

3

7,

548

8,07

5

7,

403

6,35

95,

749

6,09

76,

027

5,51

7-3

9.54

%-4

4.66

%-8

.5%

Tota

l Vio

lent

Crim

e %

Cha

nge

-15%

-7%

-9%

5%7%

-8%

-14%

-10%

6%-1

%-8

% P

rope

rty C

rimes

39,4

82

41

,021

33,1

85

31

,397

32,2

31

36

,232

38,9

78

34

,349

30,8

0030

,144

28,5

5427

,528

-27.

68%

-30.

28%

-3.6

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rime

% C

hang

e4%

-19%

-5%

3%12

%8%

-12%

-10%

-2%

-5%

-4%

Tot

al C

rim

es49

,451

49,5

12

41

,107

38,6

10

39

,779

44,3

07

46

,381

40,7

0836

,549

36,2

4134

,581

33,0

45-3

0.07

%-3

3.18

%-4

.4%

Atl.

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r Tot

al C

rime

% C

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%0%

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-10%

-1%

-5%

-4%

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0%0%

-17%

-22%

-20%

-10%

-6%

-18%

-26%

-27%

-30%

-33%

Pop

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443,

050

45

7,22

8

471,

859

48

6,95

8

502,

541

51

8,62

2

533,

016

54

0,92

242

0,00

342

5,53

344

3,77

544

3,77

50.

16%

0.16

%0.

0%

% C

hang

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Cha

nge

% C

hang

e20

0220

0320

0420

0520

0620

0720

0820

0920

1020

11³

2012

2013

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02-2

011

2002

-201

2¹20

11-2

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icid

e16

,229

16,5

2816

,148

16,7

4017

,309

17,1

2816

,465

15,3

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,722

14,6

6114

,827

N/A

-9.6

6%-8

.64%

1.13

%R

ape

95,2

3593

,883

95,0

8994

,347

94,4

7292

,160

90,7

5089

,241

85,5

9384

,175

84,3

76N

/A-1

1.61

%-1

1.40

%0.

24%

Rob

bery

420,

806

414,

235

401,

470

417,

438

449,

246

447,

324

443,

563

408,

742

369,

089

354,

746

354,

520

N/A

-15.

70%

-15.

75%

-0.0

6%A

ggra

vate

d A

ssau

lt89

1,40

785

9,03

084

7,38

186

2,22

087

4,09

686

6,35

884

3,68

381

2,51

478

1,84

475

2,42

376

0,73

9N

/A-1

5.59

%-1

4.66

%1.

11%

Tot

al V

iole

nt C

rimes

1,42

3,67

7

1,

383,

676

1,36

0,08

8

1,

390,

745

1,43

5,12

3

1,

422,

970

1,39

4,46

1

1,

325,

896

1,25

1,24

8

1,

206,

005

1,

214,

462

N

/A-1

5.29

%-1

4.70

%0.

70%

Tota

l Vio

lent

Crim

e %

Cha

nge

-1%

-3%

-2%

2%3%

-1%

-2%

-5%

-6%

-4%

1%N

/A26

1.58

% P

rope

rty C

rimes

10,4

55,2

7710

,442

,862

10,3

19,3

8610

,174

,754

10,0

19,6

019,

882,

212

9,77

4,15

29,

337,

060

9,11

2,62

59,

052,

743

8,97

5,43

8N

/A-1

3.41

%-1

4.15

%-0

.85%

Tota

l Pro

perty

Crim

e %

Cha

nge

0%0%

-1%

-1%

-2%

-1%

-1%

-4%

-2%

-1%

-1%

N/A

Tot

al C

rim

es11

,878

,954

11,8

26,5

38

11

,679

,474

11,5

65,4

99

11

,454

,724

11,3

05,1

82

11

,168

,613

10,6

62,9

56

10

,363

,873

10,2

58,7

48

10,1

89,9

00

N/A

-13.

64%

-14.

22%

-0.6

7%N

at.:

Yr/Y

r Tot

al C

rime

% C

hang

e0%

0%-1

%-1

%-1

%-1

%-1

%-5

%-3

%-1

%-1

%N

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atio

nal

0%0%

-2%

-3%

-4%

-5%

-6%

-10%

-13%

-14%

-14%

N/A

Pop

ulat

ion

287,

973,

924

290,

788,

976

293,

656,

842

296,

507,

061

299,

398,

484

301,

621,

157

304,

059,

724

307,

006,

550

309,

330,

219

311,

591,

917

313,

914,

040

8.20

%9.

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0.75

%

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dat

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rep

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