Downtown Atlanta continues to see a reduction in overall crime, but there has been a "significant increase" in larcenies this year, Atlanta police said at a recent gathering of downtown business owners and residents. The biggest concern is larceny from automobiles as visitors from out of town leave valuable items in plain sight. Larceny represents 75 percent of all downtown crime. The police department said it will continue to encourage visitors to keep valuables hidden. A small increase in robberies so far this year was mostly due to snatch robberies of cell phones, according to the presentation. The numbers of burglaries and auto thefts have fallen.
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