Crime & Safety

Atlanta Police Zone 3 Crime Report

Burglary arrests and other statistics

by Patch Staff

Here are the latest crime statistics for Atlanta Police Department Zone 3, which includes Grant Park, Summerhill and Peoplestown among other neighborhoods:

BURGLARIES:

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  • For the week, burglaries are down 23 percent
  • For the year, burglaries are down in Zone 3 by 11 percent
  • Zone 3 arrested 23 burglars within last 28 days
  • Total 2011 burglary arrests year-to-date 89, compared with 91 for the same time period in 2010

Recent arrests include suspects in the burglaries of 1104 Victory Dr. SW and 379 Hillside Drive SW.

AUTO THEFTS:

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APD launched a citywide task force to tackle auto thefts.

Zone specifically has made 44 arrests year-to-date, compared with 22 for the same period in 2010.

Police are looking for these suspicious vehicles:

  •  A white cargo van seen at an Aug. 20 burglary on Deckner Ave. SW. Two black males (one in his 20s) were seen, as well.
  • A maroon and gray older model Dodge truck with two black males seen at an Aug 18 burglary on Desoto Ave. SW in the Capitol Homes neighborhood
  • A gray Ford Econoline van with the license plate No.: K93556 seen in the area of a burglary on Victory Dr. SW on Aug. 24.


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