Violent crime
3,381 per 100,000 residents, per year
174 reported in the last 12 months
+97% vs. Atlanta (1,719)
Data through September 2026, Atlanta Police Department
The violent crime rate in West End is 3,381 per 100,000 residents per year, 97% above Atlanta as a whole (1,719). It ranks 10 of 59 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
Violent crime
3,381 per 100,000 residents, per year
174 reported in the last 12 months
+97% vs. Atlanta (1,719)
Property crime
6,510 per 100,000 residents, per year
335 reported in the last 12 months
+85% vs. Atlanta (3,517)
All reported
13,914 per 100,000 residents, per year
716 reported in the last 12 months
+122% vs. Atlanta (6,273)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 5,146 for West End. 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.
West End is among the highest in the city: rank 10 of 59. Nearby in the ranking: Sweet Auburn (3,448), Hammond Park (3,435), Pittsburgh (3,071), Greenbriar (2,823).
| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 015XX Joseph E Lowery Blvd SW | 16 | 31 | 9% |
| 028XX Oak St SW | 12 | 18 | 7% |
| 035XX Cascade Ave SW | 11 | 33 | 6% |
| 045XX Lee St SW | 11 | 27 | 6% |
| 0514XX Donnelly Ave SW | 11 | 5 | 6% |
| 068XX York Ave SW | 10 | 7 | 6% |
| 078XX Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW | 8 | 12 | 5% |
| 0811XX Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW | 7 | 14 | 4% |
| 097XX Lee St SW | 7 | 9 | 4% |
| 1010XX Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW | 7 | 2 | 4% |
“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 57% of West End’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.
| Month | Violent crimes in West End |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 21 |
| Nov 2025 | 19 |
| Dec 2025 | 14 |
| Jan 2026 | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | 9 |
| Mar 2026 | 18 |
| Apr 2026 | 11 |
| May 2026 | 19 |
| Jun 2026 | 18 |
| Jul 2026 | 7 |
| Aug 2026 | 18 |
| Sep 2026 | 13 |
In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in West End happened between 1 pm and 9 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; 2% 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 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 am | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 am | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 9 am | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 am | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 11 am | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 12 pm | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 1 pm | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| 2 pm | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 3 pm | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 4 pm | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 pm | 5 | 20 | 25 |
| 6 pm | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 7 pm | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 8 pm | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| 9 pm | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 10 pm | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 11 pm | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 12 am | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 am | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 am | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 am | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 am | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 5 am | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Total with a known time | 115 | 214 | 329 |
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Atlanta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 157 | 3,051 | +91% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 16 | 311 | +194% |
| HomicideViolent | 1 | 19 | +10% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 130 | 2,526 | +103% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 65 | 1,263 | +88% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 64 | 1,244 | +38% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 40 | 777 | +89% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 36 | 700 | +145% |
| Drug offensesOther | 183 | 3,556 | +320% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 24 | 466 | +146% |