Crime in Sylvan Hills, Atlanta

Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 4,870 for Sylvan Hills. 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.

Sylvan Hills is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 14 of 59. Nearby in the ranking: Greenbriar (2,823), Marietta Street Artery (2,725), Collier Heights (2,473), Campbellton Road (2,383).

“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 7 account for 41% of Sylvan Hills’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.