East Point continues to see a high amount in staggering 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.
East Point saw 904 violent crimes adversely affect its community in 2015.
In fact, East Point had 618 more crimes committed 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 East Point there are 89 registered sex offenders. The ratio of number of residents in East Point to the number of sex offenders is 400 to 1.
Assaults and Rapes have been consistently committed in high volumes for the past five years.
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