Police Redesigning Beats, Including In Midtown, Downtown

ATLANTA – Atlanta police are changing the maps in four of its beats, effective March 17. On Monday, the department said it examines each zone from time to time, noting changes in economic growth, population growth, traffic patterns and calls for service. Adjustments are made to ensure each zone, according to the department, carries about the same workload. The last beat realignment happened in 2011.

The city is divided into six geographic areas, or zones, and each zone is divided into 13-14 beats assigned to a specific officer for patrol purposes. Here is how the zones are divided:

• Zone 1: Northwest Atlanta
• Zone 2: Buckhead/Northeast Atlanta
• Zone 3: Southeast Atlanta
• Zone 4: Southwest Atlanta
• Zone 5: Downtown/Midtown Atlanta
• Zone 6: East Atlanta

On Monday, police announced these changes:

• Current beat 203, on the southwest border of Zone 2 which includes the neighborhoods of Riverside, Whittier Mill Village, Hills Park, Bolton, and Blandtown, will become beat 103, the northernmost area of Zone 1.
• Current beat 103, in an area west of downtown east of Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard and north of Joseph E. Boone Boulevard that encompasses the English Avenue neighborhood and portions of west Midtown, will become beat 506, becoming the westernmost portion of Zone 5.
• Current beat 506, encompassing eastern portions of Midtown known as the “Garden District,” will become beat 614, as part of Zone 6.
• Current beat 213, in an area of northeast Atlanta that includes Cheshire Bridge Road on the northern border and the Morningside and Piedmont Heights neighborhoods, will become beat 613, as part of Zone 6.

Street-level maps of all of APD’s Zones and Beats can be found here, or by navigating to the “Find My Zone” feature on the Atlanta Police Department’s home page.

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