Is Stone Mountain a generally safe area nowadays?
My girlfriend and I are looking around for homes right now trying to keep a budget of $350k. We've been living in Sandy Springs for about 3 years now and have had no issues, other than it's getting so expensive to stay in the area. It's slim pickins when it comes to finding a home in our price range in that/the north ATL area. We're finding a TON of really nice homes in both Lithonia and Stone Mountain and while this is an hour out from work and friends, we recently just found a home that we're really interested in that's about 15 minutes away from Stone Mountain Park.
My question is, how safe is the area nowadays? I recall growing up and always hearing that the area was kind of hit or miss. I'm mostly concerned about home invasions/murders/and the like.
Looking at crime maps I see a lot of assaults around the area, a good bit of car break ins, etc.
(see below for the last month of crime maps history)
Would love to get the perspective from people who currently live in the area or have lived there before to hear your experience!
Thanks!
