The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Druid Hills, GA
Druid Hills is an unincorporated community of 14,100 in DeKalb County, about 5 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta · Updated November 2026
Is Druid Hills, GA safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Druid Hills: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Druid Hills run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 885 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Druid Hills as a whole, and 38% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Druid Hills scores 885.
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 Druid Hills, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Druid Hills, 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 Druid Hills
Simple assaults are uncommon. Druid Hills has simple assaults at about half the US rate: 5.3 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Druid Hills
Every part of Druid Hills where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Druid Hills run from A+ to B; 31% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Druid Hills, the north side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Crime rates and types in Druid Hills
CrimeGrade™ estimates Druid Hills has about 24 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 35% less than the US as a whole and 33% less than 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 40% of crime reported in Druid Hills. 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.
How Druid Hills compares with nearby cities
Druid Hills has the least crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Jobs, night lighting and walkability in Druid Hills
Two things set Druid Hills apart: it has 309 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 5.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.309 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% of US city residents
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
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. 68% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (26 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 75% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.5.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 89% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.10.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 88% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 87% 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 Druid Hills
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Druid Hills about $702 a year per household, 42% 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 $11 million a year, or $773 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$740,000
$53
Rape
$220,000
$16
Robbery
$91,000
$6
Assault
$870,000
$62
Burglary
$240,000
$17
Theft
$700,000
$49
Vehicle theft
$530,000
$38
Arson
$11,000
$1
Vandalism
$360,000
$25
Total
$3.8 million
$267
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 Druid Hills 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 Druid Hills, GA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 64% of students test proficient, against 60% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Druid Hills on SchoolGrade
