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Florida Heights

Atlanta · Caution

Photo — Carl Black (Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)

50out of 100

Caution

Overall safety score

“Go with care. Florida Heights is a quiet, predominantly residential Southwest Atlanta neighborhood with scenic hilly streets, but it sits adjacent to commercial corridors with elevated rates of property and violent crime. Visitors passing through or visiting residents will find it generally peaceful by day, but standard urban precautions are necessary, especially after dark.”
— Gogo, on Florida Heights

Walk score

38/100

Bike score

32/100

Recent local news: Recent Atlanta Police Department reports show steady focus on reducing gun violence and vehicle break-ins along the surrounding MLK Jr. Drive and I-20 transit corridors.

About the area

Quiet ResidentialHilly & WoodedCar-DependentMid-Century Ranches

Florida Heights is an established mid-century residential neighborhood in Southwest Atlanta characterized by rolling topography, brick ranch homes, and mature tree canopies. It offers a calm community setting tucked between bustling corridors like Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Cascade Road.

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Scores are safety-driven: recent crime levels and local news, plus Census data on income and poverty, housing, education and household make-up, and access to vehicles, internet and health coverage. Walk and bike scores are shown separately and do not affect the safety score. A guide, not a guarantee. Neighborhood outlines come from official city and US Census boundary data.

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