Forest Park is a city of 29,200 in Clayton County, about 10 miles south of downtown Atlanta · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Forest Park?
Violent crime is high in Forest Park: a D, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 93% of Americans live. Assaults make up 94% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 171 of 1,000More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
7% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Forest Park as a whole, and 93% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Forest Park scores 171.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Forest Park, GA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Forest Park, 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 about violent crime in Forest Park
Aggravated assaults and robberies both run high. In Forest Park, each runs at more than double the US rate: 6.7 aggravated assaults and 1.6 robberies a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 0.62 nationally.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Forest Park
High violent crime is widespread across Forest Park: 77% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 8% in areas graded A or B. Violent crime grades across Forest Park run from B to F.
15%77%
A or B 8%C 15%D or F 77%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Hidden Forest, southClose to the rest of Forest Park on most crimes.D217
2Mt View Plaza, northClose to the rest of Forest Park on most crimes.F47
3Wingate, eastSimple assaults run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Forest Park.F0
Neighborhood areas of Forest Park, ranked by violent crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is violent crime going up in Forest Park?
Reported violent crime in Forest Park has fallen 21% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 7.4 to 5.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 39%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Forest ParkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Forest Park. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Forest Park
Violent, US
2016
+13%
+4%
2017
-9%
+4%
2018
-8%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+42%
+4%
2021
+50%
+6%
2022
+24%
+5%
2023
+29%
+2%
2024
-21%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Forest Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Forest Park has about 36 reported violent 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.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Forest Park, about 94% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Forest Park
Forest Park has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Forest Park, 59% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 41% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Stores and businesses (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (59%)
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.
Violent crime in Forest Park and nearby cities
Forest Park has more violent crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities. Hapeville and Lake City have the least violent crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Forest Park. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Forest Park has more violent crime than 99% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, one sets Forest Park apart: it has 74 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.74 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 88% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Forest Park: D (16 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 66% 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 assault. 83% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 52% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.16% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 51% 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 violent crime costs Forest Park
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Forest Park about $138 million a year, or $4,716 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $27 million, or $925 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 80% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$13 million
$459
Rape
$750,000
$26
Robbery
$1.4 million
$49
Assault
$11 million
$391
Total
$27 million
$925
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
