Crime in North Decatur, Georgia
Major crime in North Decatur is 2.0 times the U.S. rate per resident: 1.6 times for persons crimes and 2.1 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 12.1% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Theft from vehicle stands out most, at 3.8 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in North Decatur for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across North Decatur
The middle half of North Decatur residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 65 and 296; the typical (median) resident's is 251.
- 0–5010.2%
- 50–10031.6%
- 100–2005.0%
- 200–40047.9%
- 400+5.3%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Lowest on Friday and Saturday nights
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 12.1% in a year; across Georgia it fell 10.9%
Change in expected crimes, with Georgia as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
North Decatur against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
125 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than North Decatur; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
North Decatur has a higher major-crime index than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Scottdale (2 mi), is 43% above North Decatur's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in North Decatur
What are the most common crimes in North Decatur?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are theft from vehicle (about 181 a year), other larceny (about 159 a year) and shoplifting (about 100 a year). Compared with the U.S., theft from vehicle stands out most: 3.8 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. North Decatur's figures add up its 14 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- North Decatur's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 66.4% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 18,200. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in North Decatur, Georgia." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ga/north-decatur
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Scottdale2 mi282
- North Druid Hills2 mi147
- Decatur2 mi109
- Druid Hills3 mi106
- Avondale Estates3 mi133
- Clarkston3 mi109
- Belvedere Park4 mi313
- Brookhaven5 mi102