Clarkston continues to see a staggering increase violent crimes within its community, which are far above the national average.
These crimes include sexual assault, shootings, murders, thefts and more.
In Atlanta alone, violent crime surpassed the national average with 612 crimes committed in 2015.
Clarkston saw 475 violent crimes adversely affect its community in 2015.
In fact, Clarkston had 189 more crimes in 2015 than the national average of 286 per year.
Fifty one percent of these crimes were thefts, with assault and rape accounting for 209 of the violent crimes in College Park.
And, here are more shocking statistics regarding sexual assault:
In College Park there are 17 registered sex offenders. The ratio of number of residents in Clarkston to the number of sex offenders is 455 to 1.
Assaults and Rapes account for 14 of the crimes committed in 2015.
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