Atlanta's safest neighborhood located in Sandy Springs
America Online recently ranked the safest neighborhoods in the country's 50 biggest cities.
One problem: Atlanta's safest community, Spalding Drive and Jett Ferry Road, isn't in Atlanta.
It's just north of the city, in Sandy Springs -- not newly incorporated Dunwoody, as reported Tuesday night. Apparently AOL isn't the only one confused.
Regardless, these rankings reaffirm that safety doesn't come cheap.
The median house value in Spalding/Jett Ferry is $773,081, according to Neighborhood Scout. The "urban sophisticates" who call the Sandy Springs neighborhood home tend to be executives, with more than 72 percent having earned at least an undergraduate degree.
AOL's personal finance site, Wallet Pop, reports that Spalding/Jett Ferry residents have only a one in 435 chance of becoming a victim of crime. Nice odds, though if you really want to be safe move to Chicago's Bedford Park community, where only one out of 1,000 residents are likely to be touched by crime. Conversely, the odds are one out of 57 in The Strand/Casino Way, Detroit's "safest neighborhood."
About the Author
A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.
