Violent crime
4,301 per 100,000 residents, per year
209 reported in the last 12 months
+150% vs. Atlanta (1,719)
Data through September 2026, Atlanta Police Department
The violent crime rate in Mechanicsville is 4,301 per 100,000 residents per year, 150% above Atlanta as a whole (1,719). It ranks 2 of 59 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
Violent crime
4,301 per 100,000 residents, per year
209 reported in the last 12 months
+150% vs. Atlanta (1,719)
Property crime
6,730 per 100,000 residents, per year
327 reported in the last 12 months
+91% vs. Atlanta (3,517)
All reported
15,723 per 100,000 residents, per year
764 reported in the last 12 months
+151% vs. Atlanta (6,273)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 4,859 for Mechanicsville. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
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.
Mechanicsville is among the highest in the city: rank 2 of 59. Nearby in the ranking: English Avenue (6,227), Center Hill (4,032), Vine City (3,853).
| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 015XX Fulton St SW | 27 | 14 | 13% |
| 025XX Mcdaniel St SW | 17 | 15 | 8% |
| 034XX Glenn St SW | 13 | 19 | 6% |
| 044XX Windsor St SW | 12 | 17 | 6% |
| 051XX Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW | 10 | 9 | 5% |
| 062XX Richardson St SW | 10 | 5 | 5% |
| 075XX Humphries St SW | 9 | 9 | 4% |
| 083XX Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW | 7 | 5 | 3% |
| 095XX Wells St SW | 7 | 5 | 3% |
| 104XX Cooper St SW | 6 | 5 | 3% |
“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 10 account for 56% of Mechanicsville’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.
| Month | Violent crimes in Mechanicsville |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 16 |
| Nov 2025 | 20 |
| Dec 2025 | 13 |
| Jan 2026 | 11 |
| Feb 2026 | 15 |
| Mar 2026 | 17 |
| Apr 2026 | 20 |
| May 2026 | 19 |
| Jun 2026 | 18 |
| Jul 2026 | 17 |
| Aug 2026 | 18 |
| Sep 2026 | 25 |
In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Mechanicsville happened between 5 pm and 3 am. No day of the week stood out.
Property crime busiest hour 8 pm
No chart for violent crime: fewer than 300 incidents in 12 months, too few to show a pattern by hour.
Each line is an average day of that kind, as a multiple of the average hour of the week (dashed line), smoothed over three hours. Days run from 6 am to 6 am, so a Friday night stays on Friday. Times are when the incident happened, as recorded by Atlanta Police Department; 6% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 am | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 8 am | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 9 am | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 10 am | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 11 am | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 12 pm | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 1 pm | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 pm | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 pm | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 4 pm | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 pm | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 6 pm | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 7 pm | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 8 pm | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 9 pm | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 10 pm | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 11 pm | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 12 am | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 1 am | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2 am | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 3 am | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 am | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 am | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Total with a known time | 94 | 214 | 308 |
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Atlanta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 193 | 3,972 | +149% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 14 | 288 | +173% |
| HomicideViolent | 2 | 41 | +133% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 141 | 2,902 | +222% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 66 | 1,358 | +9% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 52 | 1,070 | +59% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 35 | 720 | +152% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 33 | 679 | +65% |
| Drug offensesOther | 212 | 4,363 | +415% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 16 | 329 | +74% |