Editing College Park, Georgia (section)

===Crime===
For much of the 2000s, College Park – along with the other so-called Tri-Cities, [[East Point, Georgia|East Point]] and [[Hapeville]] – has been popularly associated with crime;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/college-park-has-battle-image-and-crime/2y01UvO7kzwMBlh2lnDRiK/|title=College Park has to battle image and crime|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref> for example, a comedy/travel book originally published in 2005 describes College Park as "a nightmarish southern ghetto."<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N16zBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT57 | title=The Absolutely Worst Places to Live in America | publisher=St. Martin's Press | date=April 7, 2015 | access-date=14 August 2015 | author=Gilmartin, Dave| isbn=9781466893337 }}</ref> Over the course of the 2010s, this reputation has been publicly challenged in the media, by Tri-Cities residents, and by the College Park Police Department.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://atlanta.curbed.com/2018/1/23/16924252/historic-college-park-atlanta-photos|title=Wandering Atlanta's charming Historic College Park in 15 photos|website=atlanta.curbed.com|date=23 January 2018 |access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tropicsofmeta.com/2014/06/24/i-live-in-americas-most-dangerous-suburb/|title=I Live in America's Most Dangerous Suburb|website=tropicsofmeta.com|date=24 June 2014 |access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="VERIFY">{{cite web|url=https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/verify/verify-is-this-metro-atlanta-city-among-the-most-dangerous-in-the-us/85-550020477|title=VERIFY: Is this metro Atlanta city among the most dangerous in the U.S.?|website=www.11alive.com|date=8 May 2018 |access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>

The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]'s annual Uniform Crime Report reveals that the College Park Police Department has historically reported a high crime rate per 100,000 persons as compared to other US jurisdictions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/Crime.cfm|title=Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics|website=www.ucrdatatool.gov|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref> In 2008, College Park had one of the highest crime rates in Georgia, with reports including 13 homicides. However, 2008 was an outlier with respect to the rest of that decade and homicide; for the rest of the years between 2000 and 2010, between 1 and 3 homicides were reported annually. Further, it has been suggested that crime rate per 100,000 persons misrepresents the prevalence of crime, as College Park's daytime population is thought to swell to 50,000 persons (substantially more than the ~15,000 permanent residents considered in crime statistics).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/metro-atlanta-cities-push-back-after-being-named-worst-cities/8grTxIOfSK5Ji7arnRdr6K/|title=Metro Atlanta cities push back after being named worst cities in U.S.|website=www.ajc.com|access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref>

The Uniform Crime Report and data released by the College Park Police Department suggests that the 2010s have brought a substantial decline in total crime, particularly in the latter half; in 2018, a total of 1,225 crimes were reported (compared to 2,695 in 2001, 2,530 in 2010, and 1,387 in 2017), 85% of which were property crimes.<ref name="VERIFY"/> In 2018, there was a 13 percent decrease in Part I crimes and zero homicides as compared to 2017, following a 15 percent decrease from 2016 to 2017.

As of the 2016 [[American Community Survey]], 35.7% of College Park residents are estimated to live in poverty which partly contributed to the crime problem.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/1317776|title=Population estimates, July 1, 2015, (V2015)|website=Census.gov|access-date=2018-08-14}}</ref>