Oakdale is a neighborhood of 11,900 residents in Atlanta, about 5 miles northwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Oakdale in Atlanta safe?
Yes, crime in Oakdale is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Oakdale sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 40% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B-. Atlanta as a whole grades C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Oakdale run from A+ to C, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 783 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
40% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Oakdale as a whole, and 60% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Oakdale scores 783.
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 Oakdale, Atlanta, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Oakdale 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 Oakdale
Thefts and car thefts both run high. In Oakdale, each runs at about double the US rate: 28.3 thefts and 5.6 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 2.7 nationally.
How Oakdale compares within Atlanta
Low crime is the norm across Oakdale: 90% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Oakdale run from A+ to C; 35% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 90%C 10%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Oakdale has less crime than 32 of the 35 neighborhoods in Atlanta. It covers much of the Buckhead and Midtown Atlanta areas and the Rockdale area.
Crime rates and types in Oakdale
CrimeGrade™ estimates Oakdale has about 45 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 22% more than the US as a whole and 27% less 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Oakdale, about 63% 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 Oakdale; 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 Oakdale compares with nearby neighborhoods
Oakdale has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Buckhead has less.
Two things set Oakdale apart: it has tree cover over 38% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and 24.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places with a lot of tree cover tend to report less robbery.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.38% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.24.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 92% 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. 59% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (28 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 60% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 84% 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 Oakdale
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Oakdale about $829 a year per household, 31% 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 $920 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 Oakdale 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. Oakdale is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Oakdale, Atlanta, GA average a SchoolGrade of A-: 48% of students test proficient, against 54% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Oakdale on SchoolGrade
