Old Fourth Ward is a neighborhood of 16,200 residents in Atlanta, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Old Fourth Ward in Atlanta safe?
Old Fourth Ward has more crime than most of the country: an overall CrimeGrade™ of C-, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 87% of Americans live. Violent crime grades D+ and property crime C. Atlanta as a whole grades C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Old Fourth Ward run from B+ to F, so check the map below.
C-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 362 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
13% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Old Fourth Ward as a whole, and 87% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Old Fourth Ward scores 362.
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 Old Fourth Ward, Atlanta, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Old Fourth Ward 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 Old Fourth Ward
Car thefts run high. Old Fourth Ward has car thefts at about double the US rate: 5.8 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
How Old Fourth Ward compares within Atlanta
Crime varies widely across Old Fourth Ward: 36% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 34% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Old Fourth Ward run from B+ to F; every part of Old Fourth Ward has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 36%C 30%D or F 34%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Old Fourth Ward has less crime than 18 of the 35 neighborhoods in Atlanta. It covers much of the Edgewood-Kirkwood, Old Fourth Ward, and Candler Park areas.
Crime rates and types in Old Fourth Ward
CrimeGrade™ estimates Old Fourth Ward has about 53 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 41% more than the US as a whole and 16% 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 Old Fourth Ward, about 39% 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 Old Fourth Ward; 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 Old Fourth Ward compares with nearby neighborhoods
Old Fourth Ward has more crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Virginia-Highland and Candler Park have the least crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Old Fourth Ward. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Old Fourth Ward has more crime than 55% of them.
Nightlife, shops and walkability in Old Fourth Ward
Two things set Old Fourth Ward apart: it has 2.6 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally, and 18.6 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. 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.2.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 94% 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.18.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 87% 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. 85% of residents here live in walkable areas.A- (79 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 83% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.77 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 82% 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 Old Fourth Ward
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Old Fourth Ward about $1,516 a year per household, 26% more 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 $65 million a year, or $4,002 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 Old Fourth Ward 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 Old Fourth Ward, Atlanta, GA average a SchoolGrade of B+: 50% of students test proficient, against 45% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Old Fourth Ward on SchoolGrade
