Forest Park continues to see an increase 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.
Forest Park saw 576 violent crimes adversely affect its community in 2015.
In fact, Forest Park had 290 more crimes in 2015 than the national average of 286 per year.
And here are more shocking statistics regarding sexual assault:
In Forest Park there are 124 registered sex offenders. The ratio of number of residents in Forest Park to the number of sex offenders is 152 to 1.
Assaults and Rapes have been on a continual rise in Forrest Park for the past four years.
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