{"id":496,"date":"2019-10-07T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?post_type=studies&p=10892"},"modified":"2019-10-07T09:01:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T13:01:43","slug":"16-atlanta-how-safe-is-your-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/16-atlanta-how-safe-is-your-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta – How Safe Is Your Neighborhood?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Home to the third-largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies like Coca-Cola, The Home Depot, Chick-fil-A, UPS, etc., Atlanta has risen in popularity among many young professionals and families in recent years. However, with a population of approximately half a million people and growing, Atlanta has seen a slow increase in crime volume in recent years. For those who place public safety as a top priority, we\u2019ve created an interactive map using data collected from the Atlanta Police Department to help you determine which Atlanta neighborhood you should call home.<\/p>\n
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The interactive map below shows the number of crimes reported by neighborhoods. The darker the shade, the more crimes reported from 2016 to 2018. Note that, in order to rank impartially, we normalized the crime data by the population count in each neighborhood. Why did we do that? Hypothetically, neighborhoods with denser populations might see more criminal activities and normalization allows us to fairly compare the number of crimes from different neighborhoods.<\/p>\n
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We can tell from the shades that there is no significant correlation between crime rates and proximity to city center. The north part of the city in general experienced fewer crimes, but such pattern does not necessarily correlate with the distance between a neighborhood and Downtown Atlanta. Berkeley Park-Blandtown-Hills Park, among others, has the most average yearly crimes per 1,000 population, making it the most dangerous area in Atlanta. Margaret Mitchell-Paces-Pleasant Hill, on the other hand, is considered the safest area, with a crime rate of only 11.7 average yearly crimes\/1,000 population. The orange clusters show the locations of all crimes reported in 2018. Click on the clusters to zoom in, and you can reset the map by clicking on the ‘reset’ button in the upper left corner.<\/p>\n