Violent crime
715 per 100,000 residents, per year
100 reported in the last 12 months
−58% vs. Atlanta (1,719)
Data through September 2026, Atlanta Police Department
Crime in North Buckhead, Atlanta
The violent crime rate in North Buckhead is 715 per 100,000 residents per year, 58% below Atlanta as a whole (1,719). It ranks 40 of 59 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
2,194 per 100,000 residents, per year
307 reported in the last 12 months
−38% vs. Atlanta (3,517)
All reported
3,102 per 100,000 residents, per year
434 reported in the last 12 months
−51% vs. Atlanta (6,273)
About 37,843 people work in North Buckhead, 2.7 times its 13,993 residents (Census jobs data, 2023). The rates divide by residents only, so they run high here: most people in North Buckhead on a weekday live somewhere else. The counts, and how they change from year to year, say more than the rate.
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 13,993 for North Buckhead. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where North Buckhead sits in Atlanta, and where incidents concentrate
rank 40 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.
North Buckhead is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 40 of 59. Nearby in the ranking: Buckhead Forest (891), Inman Park (804), Atlanta University Center (703), Home Park (685).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0133XX Peachtree Rd NE | 26 | 39 | 26% |
| 0233XX Stratford Rd NE | 7 | 5 | 7% |
| 036XX Phipps Blvd NE | 6 | 10 | 6% |
| 0437XX Roswell Rd NE | 6 | 4 | 6% |
| 0536XX Lenox Rd NE | 5 | 12 | 5% |
| 0633XX Piedmont Rd NE | 5 | 9 | 5% |
“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 6 account for 55% of North Buckhead’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 North Buckhead |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 9 |
| Nov 2025 | 8 |
| Dec 2025 | 13 |
| Jan 2026 | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | 9 |
| Mar 2026 | 9 |
| Apr 2026 | 6 |
| May 2026 | 10 |
| Jun 2026 | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 9 |
| Aug 2026 | 12 |
| Sep 2026 | 5 |
When crime happens in North Buckhead
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in North Buckhead happened between 11 am and 6 pm. No day of the week stood out.
Property crime busiest hour 5 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; 4% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.
See the numbers by hour
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 am | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 am | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 9 am | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 am | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 am | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 12 pm | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| 1 pm | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 2 pm | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| 3 pm | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 4 pm | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 5 pm | 5 | 22 | 27 |
| 6 pm | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 7 pm | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 8 pm | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 9 pm | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 10 pm | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 11 pm | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 am | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1 am | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 am | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 am | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 am | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 am | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total with a known time | 96 | 200 | 296 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Atlanta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 94 | 672 | −58% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 6 | 43 | −59% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 172 | 1,229 | −1% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 68 | 486 | −28% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 32 | 229 | −75% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 18 | 129 | −55% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 17 | 121 | −70% |
| Drug offensesOther | 26 | 186 | −78% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 1 | 7.1 | −96% |
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
- 13,993 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Atlanta, GA
- All neighborhoods
- Atlanta neighborhoods by reported crime rate