The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Chamblee, GA
Chamblee is a city of 11,900 in DeKalb County, about 11 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta · Updated November 2026
Is Chamblee, GA safe?
Crime in Chamblee is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 77% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Chamblee. Violent and property crime both grade B- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Chamblee run from A- to D+, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 602 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
23% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Chamblee as a whole, and 77% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Chamblee scores 602.
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 Chamblee, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Chamblee, 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 Chamblee
Robberies and thefts both run high. In Chamblee, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 3.0 robberies and 46.1 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 and 13.1 nationally.
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Chamblee, 60% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Chamblee
Low crime is the norm across Chamblee: 68% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 10% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Chamblee run from A- to D+; every part of Chamblee has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
68%22%10%
A or B 68%C 22%D or F 10%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Chamblee, the northwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Crime rates and types in Chamblee
CrimeGrade™ estimates Chamblee has about 89 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and more than double the rate for Georgia.
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 makes up about 52% of crime reported in Chamblee. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Chamblee
Chamblee has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 49% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (60%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (38%)
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 Chamblee compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Chamblee, 8 have less crime. Sandy Springs and Dunwoody have the least.
Two things set Chamblee apart: it has 44.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 148 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and they run high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.44.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.148 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% of US city residents
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 and assault.B- (54 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 93% of US city residents
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Chamblee: C- (28 of 100).13 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 88% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.50% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 83% of US city residents
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 crime costs Chamblee
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Chamblee about $2,653 a year per household, more than double 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 $41 million a year, or $3,430 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.8 million
$240
Rape
$410,000
$35
Robbery
$1.1 million
$93
Assault
$3.2 million
$266
Burglary
$460,000
$39
Theft
$2.8 million
$237
Vehicle theft
$980,000
$83
Arson
$67,000
$6
Vandalism
$650,000
$55
Total
$12 million
$1,052
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 Chamblee 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 Chamblee, GA average a SchoolGrade of C+: 41% of students test proficient, against 45% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Chamblee on SchoolGrade
