Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta, Atlanta, GA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta is a neighborhood of 15,200 residents in Atlanta, about 8 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta?
Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta grades C- for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 84% of Americans live. Theft makes up 50% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades F. Atlanta as a whole grades B- for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 376 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
16% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta as a whole, and 84% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta scores 376.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
Property crime map of Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta
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How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta, Atlanta, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta in Atlanta, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta
Vehicle theft at more than triple the US rate. Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta has 10.2 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
How Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta compares within Atlanta
Property crime varies widely across Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta: 44% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 41% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta run from B to F.
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A or B 44%C 15%D or F 41%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta has less property crime than 14 of the 35 neighborhoods in Atlanta. It covers much of the Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta, Adams Park, and Ben Hill areas.
Property crime rates and types in Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta
CrimeGrade™ estimates Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta has about 50 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and close to Atlanta as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta, about 50% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Atlanta
The Atlanta Police Department polices Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta; these figures cover Atlanta as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Atlanta as a whole, 63% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 55% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (63%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta and nearby neighborhoods
Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta has less property crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta has more property crime than 88% of them.
Density, walkability and empty homes in Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta apart: it has 7% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (10 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less car theft, yet car theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 93% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 96% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 93% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.12.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 87% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.14.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 79% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta
Property crime costs Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta about $6.0 million a year, or $397 per resident and about $940 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
