Atlanta crime trends, 2011-present
Data for this chart was drawn from Atlanta Police Department weekly crime reports. Property crimes include burglary, larceny and auto theft. Violent crimes include homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Note that property crimes generally drop during winter months.
About the Authors
Emily Merwin DiRico has been doing information design and news application development at the AJC since she arrived as a summer intern in 2009. Her mission is to help readers understand complex data and how it affects them.
John Perry is technical director of the AJC's data journalism team. Before joining the newspaper staff in 2008, Perry was the senior Computer-Assisted Reporting Fellow at the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative journalism organization based in Washington, D.C.
