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Stone Mountain, GA crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

With a crime rate of 31 per one thousand residents, Stone Mountain has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 32. Within Georgia, more than 85% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Stone Mountain.

Importantly, when you compare Stone Mountain to other communities of similar population, then Stone Mountain crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Stone Mountain does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Stone Mountain does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Stone Mountain.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Stone Mountain occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Stone Mountain; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 255. This equates to a rate of 4 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Stone Mountain is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Stone Mountain, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 37, which is a rate of 27 per one thousand population.

Importantly, we found that Stone Mountain has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Stone Mountain is one in 237.

Stone Mountain Crime Data

total Crime Index

10

(100 is safest)


Safer than 10% of U.S. cities.

Stone Mountain Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

26

180

206

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

3.92

27.16

31.08

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
3.92
3.67
National Median: 4
    Stone Mountain
    Georgia

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 255

in Stone Mountain

1 in 272

in Georgia

Stone Mountain Violent Crimes

Population: 6,627
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 2 4 20
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.30 0.60 3.02

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
27.16
16.91
National Median: 20
    Stone Mountain
    Georgia

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 37

in Stone Mountain

1 in 59

in Georgia

Property Crimes

Population: 6,627
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 23 129 28
Rate per 1,000 3.47 19.47 4.23

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Stone Mountain Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
120
19
National Median: 27.0
    Stone Mountain
    Georgia