Mechanicsville is a neighborhood of 4,480 residents in Atlanta, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Mechanicsville in Atlanta safe?
Crime in Mechanicsville is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of F. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 98% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Mechanicsville. Violent and property crime both grade F here. Atlanta as a whole grades C. Every neighborhood in Mechanicsville grades F.
F
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
2% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Mechanicsville as a whole, and 98% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mechanicsville scores 0.
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 Mechanicsville, Atlanta, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mechanicsville 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 Mechanicsville
Car thefts and aggravated assaults both run high. In Mechanicsville, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 17.1 car thefts and 13.7 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.6 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Mechanicsville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mechanicsville has about 120 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and 92% more than 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Mechanicsville, about 32% of everything reported.
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 Mechanicsville; 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 Mechanicsville compares with nearby neighborhoods
Mechanicsville has more crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Five Points and Downtown have the least crime nearby.
Nightlife, transit and walkability in Mechanicsville
Two things set Mechanicsville apart: it has 1.6 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally, and 37 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places like that tend to report more assault and robbery, and they run high here.
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 89% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Mechanicsville: C- (32 of 100).37 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 82% 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 and assault.C+ (46 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 61% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 76% 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 crime costs Mechanicsville
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Mechanicsville about $5,034 a year per household, more than triple 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 $47 million a year, or $10,579 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 Mechanicsville 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 Mechanicsville, Atlanta, GA average a SchoolGrade of D: 28% of students test proficient, against 26% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Mechanicsville on SchoolGrade
