ZIP 30324 covers Buckhead and Morningside-Lenox Park in Atlanta, about 5 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is ZIP 30324 in Atlanta safe?
Crime in ZIP 30324 is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than ZIP 30324. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime C+. Atlanta as a whole grades C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within ZIP 30324 run from A to D+, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 659 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than ZIP 30324 as a whole, and 73% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. ZIP 30324 scores 659.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 ZIP 30324, Atlanta, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in ZIP 30324 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 in ZIP 30324
Vehicle theft stands out among B-graded ZIP codes. For the typical resident of a B-graded US ZIP code, the figure is 3.1 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; ZIP 30324 has 6.7.
Thefts run high. ZIP 30324 has thefts at more than double the US rate: 29.7 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
How ZIP 30324 compares within Atlanta
Low crime is the norm across ZIP 30324: 81% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 2% in areas graded D or F. Grades across ZIP 30324 run from A to D+; 1% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
81%17%
A or B 81%C 17%D or F 2%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
ZIP 30324 has less crime than 19 of the 28 ZIP codes in Atlanta.
Crime rates and types in ZIP 30324
CrimeGrade™ estimates ZIP 30324 has about 54 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 45% more than the US as a whole and close to Atlanta as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in ZIP 30324, about 55% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Atlanta
The Atlanta Police Department polices ZIP 30324; these figures cover Atlanta as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Atlanta as a whole, 63% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 42% of them, against 31% 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)
Robbery
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (58%)
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.
How ZIP 30324 compares with nearby ZIP codes
Of the 10 ZIP codes closest to ZIP 30324, 7 have less crime. ZIP 30322 and ZIP 30326 have the least.
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs ZIP 30324 about $1,018 a year per household, 16% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $49 million a year, or $1,684 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in ZIP 30324 means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in ZIP 30324, Atlanta, GA average a SchoolGrade of B+: 44% of students test proficient, against 48% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in ZIP 30324 on SchoolGrade
