Violent crime
617 per 100,000 residents, per year
45 reported in the last 12 months
−64% vs. Atlanta (1,719)
Data through September 2026, Atlanta Police Department
Crime in Kirkwood, Atlanta
The violent crime rate in Kirkwood is 617 per 100,000 residents per year, 64% below Atlanta as a whole (1,719). It ranks 44 of 59 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
1,494 per 100,000 residents, per year
109 reported in the last 12 months
−58% vs. Atlanta (3,517)
All reported
2,302 per 100,000 residents, per year
168 reported in the last 12 months
−63% vs. Atlanta (6,273)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 7,297 for Kirkwood. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Kirkwood sits in Atlanta, and where incidents concentrate
rank 44 of 59Loading map…
1the block with the most violent incidents10the tenthCounted over the last 12 months. Point at a mark, or at a row in the table below, to see which street it is.
SaferHigher rateFewer than 2,500 residents: shaded with its NPU’s rateNot rated: park or fewer than 2,500 residentsArea shading: violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, so you can see how this neighbourhood compares with the ones around it.
Kirkwood is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 44 of 59. Nearby in the ranking: Home Park (685), Pine Hills (683), Morningside/Lenox Park (588), East Lake (583).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0120XX Hosea L Williams Dr SE | 7 | 5 | 16% |
“Block” is the hundred-block of the address the police department publishes (for example 25XX Martin Luther King Jr Dr SW), never an exact address. Its mark on the map is rounded to about 100 meters. Only blocks with 5 or more violent incidents in the window are listed; the top 1 account for 16% of Kirkwood’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.
Violent crime, month by month
Oct 2025 to Sep 2026| Month | Violent crimes in Kirkwood |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 10 |
| Nov 2025 | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 0 |
| Jan 2026 | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 5 |
| May 2026 | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | 1 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Atlanta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 45 | 617 | −61% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 48 | 658 | −47% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 25 | 343 | −62% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 14 | 192 | −53% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 13 | 178 | −38% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 9 | 123 | −82% |
| Drug offensesOther | 11 | 151 | −82% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 3 | 41 | −78% |
Source and dates
OpenDataWebsite_Crime_view- Source
- Atlanta Police Department, via Atlanta Police Open Data (dataset OpenDataWebsite_Crime_view), aggregated by neighborhood
- Window
- October 2025 to September 2026 (12 months)
- Population
- 7,297 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Atlanta, GA
- All neighborhoods
- Atlanta neighborhoods by reported crime rate