Are you moving to..... or within..... the greater Atlanta area?  

If so, there’s one thing you must do………research. Moving is a big decision and the more you can learn about your destination area, the better decision you will make for you and your family. In addition to schools, climate, cost of living, real estate prices, health care, and commute time, it’s important to feel safe and secure in your new location. 

As Realtors, we are often asked ……”how safe is this area?” …..”how does it compare with Alpharetta?”....or Marietta?…..or Smyrna?.....or some other Atlanta suburb. So, to help those folks who are relocating to the greater Atlanta area, we’ve compiled below a crime statistics table, obtained from recent FBI crime reports. Now you can compare for yourself the actual crime statistics for all the major population areas around the metro Atlanta area. Although they may not be this year's, or even last year's, please know there's quite a delay in getting these statistics from the FBI, but the reality is they haven't changed much from year to year. The numbers have been normalized to represent the number of crimes per 100,000 population.


2005 Crime Statistics for the Atlanta Area

CITY VIOLENT
CRIME
MURDER FORCIBLE
RAPE
ROBBERY ASSAULT PROPERTY CRIME BURGLARY LARCENY
/THEFT
VEHICLE
THEFT
Fayetteville

140

0

7

63

70

5098

218

4614

267

Newnan

497

0

0

86

411

4723

782

3678

264

Peachtree City

32

0

9

9

14

964

75

743

147*


Alpharetta

239

3

11

54

171

4175

517

3405

253

Atlanta

1675

21

52

664

938

7290

1544

4410

1337

College Park

1654

11

111

726

806

9295

2741

4942

1612

Conyers

497

0

56

296

144

8660

1562

5945

1154

Decatur

341

5

16

192

128

3306

752

2234

320

Doraville

815

10

10

388

407

5239

728

3890

621

Douglasville

688

4

37

239

408

10699

1092

8746

861

Duluth

401

0

16

52

333

2267

485

1565

217

East Point

950

11

41

436

461

6568

1872

3744

952

Fairburn

500

0

14

236

250

9253

2153

5891

1209

Forest Park

813

9

37

519

248

7084

1268

4714

1103

Griffin

782

4

17

258

503

6011

1705

3964

341

Kennesaw

121

0

0

25

96

1933

323

1412

199

Marietta

532

10

18

312

193

3811

685

2488

638

McDonough

1207

0

29

129

1050

6359

1229

4630

171

Morrow

1431

0

38

630

763

22385

992

18798

2595

Norcross

1196

0

61

644

491

7168

1912

3722

1534

Powder Springs

184

0

7

82

95

2470

572

1722

177

Riverdale

530

19

12

299

199

7581

1322

5305

954

Roswell

167

0

8

81

78

2678

506

1973

199

Smyrna

483

13

30

270

170

4560

981

2950

630

Snellville

259

0

10

130

119

4643

544

3897

202

Suwanee

169

0

9

80

80

2931

577

2087

266

Union City

904

15

36

437

415

10224

1742

6318

2164

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports.................*Includes golf cart thefts

In addition to a low crime rate, our area offers excellent schools, no traffic congestion, an easy commute (25 minutes to Atlanta airport, 40 minutes to Atlanta proper, etc), and award-winning recreational amenities for families of all ages.  Send us an email or give us a call at 678-234-1239…….we want to tell you more about all of it.......especially about CNN and Money magazine recently naming Peachtree City the 8th Best Place to Live!........and our Value Map has the latest appreciation/depreciation statistics, as well.
In the meantime, please take a moment to view (and listen) to our multimedia Atlanta relocation slideshow!

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Kem Roda, Assoc Broker, ABR
A.C. Roda, Reg Appraiser, e-PRO
Linda Steiger, Realtor
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