Police Crime Statistics
All files available in MS Word format.
For patrol and reporting purposes, the City of Decatur is split into four zones. North and South are separated by the railroad tracks. East and West are separated on the North side by Clairemont Avenue and North McDonough Street. East and West on the South side are separated by South McDonough Street.
If you need statistics for an area before the month is over, please contact Juanchella Grooms, Community Relations Specialist, at 404-370-4161 , or send an email.
Glossary of terms
Active: indicates a case in which no arrest has been made nor has the case been exceptionally cleared.
Cleared by Arrest: a case is cleared by arrest when one or more persons is arrested. The charge does not have to be the exact offense reported for the case to be cleared. For example, a theft by taking motor vehicle report is written. Later, an offender is arrested in the car on a charge of theft by receiving. The original case can be cleared.
Unfounded: an offense is unfounded when the investigation yields no evidence to verify the incident occurred or the report is discovered to be false.
Exceptionally Cleared: a case is exceptionally cleared when ALL of the following conditions are met:
- The identity of the offender is known.
- There is sufficient evidence to support an arrest.
- There is some reason outside police control that stops or prevents you from charging the offender
Some reasons for not charging may be:
- the victim refuses to prosecute.
- death of the offender (suicide, killed during crime, etc.
- a juvenile released to parents rather than charged.
- defender is already serving lengthy sentence for another crime and shall not be arrested again
- offender shall be prosecuted in another jurisdiction and shall not be returning to your jurisdiction.
Battery: intentionally causes substantial physical harm or visible bodily harm to another. Simple and aggravated battery is included in this category.
Simple Battery (misdemeanor): intentionally makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature; intentionally causes physical harm to another.
Aggravated Battery (felony): maliciously causes bodily harm to another by depriving individual of a member of his/her body, by rendering a member of ones body useless, or seriously disfiguring ones body or a member thereof.