Healthcare & Safety in Douglasville
WellStar Douglas Hospital is a real, full-service community hospital located within Douglasville itself -- unlike McDonough's main hospital elsewhere in this batch. Crime, however, is a genuine, disclosed concern here, with both major crime-data sources agreeing Douglasville runs well above average.
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Learn moreWellStar Douglas Hospital: a real, in-city healthcare anchor
WellStar Douglas Hospital, located within Douglasville itself, is a 108-bed, not-for-profit, general medical and surgical community hospital carrying a 3-star CMS quality rating and rated high performing in 5 adult procedures and conditions (COPD, Diabetes, Heart Arrhythmia, Heart Failure, Pneumonia). Patient-recommendation figures show a real, disclosed spread across sources: 86% per U.S. News, 69% per one aggregator, and 65% per Healthgrades (retrieved 2026-08-22). Services include interventional cardiology, Level II NICU maternity care, hyperbaric wound care, rehabilitation therapy, and robotic total-joint orthopedic surgery. Unlike Piedmont Henry Hospital in McDonough's record elsewhere in this batch, this facility is genuinely located within the city it serves.
Crime: both major sources agree Douglasville runs well above average
This is a real, disclosed concern rather than a source disagreement -- both major crime-data sources point sharply the same direction, unlike McDonough's conflicting picture elsewhere in this batch. CrimeGrade cites an overall crime rate of 24.39 per 1,000 residents, described as 73% above the national average overall and 103% above the national average for property crime specifically -- the city's central neighborhoods see about 517 crime incidents per year versus roughly 178 in the lowest-count area (no specific area is named as unsafe here, per site policy). NeighborhoodScout independently cites an overall crime rate of 52 per 1,000 residents, describes it as 'one of the highest in America compared to all communities of all sizes,' a 1-in-19 chance of victimization, and notes more than 97% of Georgia communities have a lower crime rate than Douglasville (both retrieved 2026-08-22). This is a real, above-average-crime market by both major measures -- a genuine tradeoff to weigh.
Key takeaways
- WellStar Douglas Hospital (108 beds, 3-star CMS rating, high performing in 5 conditions) is located within Douglasville itself -- a real in-city healthcare anchor.
- Patient-recommendation rates for WellStar Douglas range 65%-86% depending on source.
- Both CrimeGrade (73% above national average overall, 103% above on property crime) and NeighborhoodScout (one of the highest overall crime rates in the country; safer than only ~3% of Georgia communities) agree Douglasville runs well above average -- a real, disclosed tradeoff, not a source disagreement.
- No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe, per site policy.
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