ATLANTA — The Atlanta Police Department will provide an update on 2025's declining crime numbers this afternoon to city councilmembers.

APD will give a presentation at the 1 p.m. meeting of the Atlanta City Council Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee, the committee's agenda shows .

Mayor Andre Dickens has made combating crime a priority of his administration -- as he faces re-election this year -- and the department has made progress since post-pandemic crime peaks.

The latest APD report for 2025 shows homicides are again down this year, at 73 so far. Through the same period last year, that number was 100 -- a 27% decline. It's also the lowest number since before the pandemic.

Property crimes are also down 10%, mostly through car break-in declines after a large surge i

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