diff --git a/changes/3411.bugfix.rst b/changes/3411.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9303b9666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/3411.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+LocalStore now uses atomic writes, which should prevent some cases of corrupted data.
diff --git a/src/zarr/storage/_local.py b/src/zarr/storage/_local.py
index 1229ec316a..717ed04144 100644
--- a/src/zarr/storage/_local.py
+++ b/src/zarr/storage/_local.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
+import contextlib
 import io
 import os
 import shutil
+import sys
+import uuid
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Self
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, BinaryIO, Literal, Self
 
 from zarr.abc.store import (
     ByteRequest,
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@
 from zarr.core.common import AccessModeLiteral, concurrent_map
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Iterable
+    from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Iterable, Iterator
 
     from zarr.core.buffer import BufferPrototype
 
@@ -41,6 +44,39 @@ def _get(path: Path, prototype: BufferPrototype, byte_range: ByteRequest | None)
         return prototype.buffer.from_bytes(f.read())
 
 
+if sys.platform == "win32":
+    # Per the os.rename docs:
+    # On Windows, if dst exists a FileExistsError is always raised.
+    _safe_move = os.rename
+else:
+    # On Unix, os.rename silently replace files, so instead we use os.link like
+    # atomicwrites:
+    # https://github.com/untitaker/python-atomicwrites/blob/1.4.1/atomicwrites/__init__.py#L59-L60
+    # This also raises FileExistsError if dst exists.
+    def _safe_move(src: Path, dst: Path) -> None:
+        os.link(src, dst)
+        os.unlink(src)
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def _atomic_write(
+    path: Path,
+    mode: Literal["r+b", "wb"],
+    exclusive: bool = False,
+) -> Iterator[BinaryIO]:
+    tmp_path = path.with_suffix(f".{uuid.uuid4().hex}.partial")
+    try:
+        with tmp_path.open(mode) as f:
+            yield f
+        if exclusive:
+            _safe_move(tmp_path, path)
+        else:
+            tmp_path.replace(path)
+    except Exception:
+        tmp_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+        raise
+
+
 def _put(
     path: Path,
     value: Buffer,
@@ -48,20 +84,15 @@ def _put(
     exclusive: bool = False,
 ) -> int | None:
     path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    # write takes any object supporting the buffer protocol
+    view = value.as_buffer_like()
     if start is not None:
         with path.open("r+b") as f:
             f.seek(start)
-            # write takes any object supporting the buffer protocol
-            f.write(value.as_buffer_like())
+            f.write(view)
         return None
     else:
-        view = value.as_buffer_like()
-        if exclusive:
-            mode = "xb"
-        else:
-            mode = "wb"
-        with path.open(mode=mode) as f:
-            # write takes any object supporting the buffer protocol
+        with _atomic_write(path, "wb", exclusive=exclusive) as f:
             return f.write(view)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_store/test_local.py b/tests/test_store/test_local.py
index 7974d0d633..970bb7d374 100644
--- a/tests/test_store/test_local.py
+++ b/tests/test_store/test_local.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from zarr import create_array
 from zarr.core.buffer import Buffer, cpu
 from zarr.storage import LocalStore
+from zarr.storage._local import _atomic_write
 from zarr.testing.store import StoreTests
 from zarr.testing.utils import assert_bytes_equal
 
@@ -109,3 +110,46 @@ async def test_move(
             FileExistsError, match=re.escape(f"Destination root {destination} already exists")
         ):
             await store2.move(destination)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("exclusive", [True, False])
+def test_atomic_write_successful(tmp_path: pathlib.Path, exclusive: bool) -> None:
+    path = pathlib.Path(tmp_path) / "data"
+    with _atomic_write(path, "wb", exclusive=exclusive) as f:
+        f.write(b"abc")
+    assert path.read_bytes() == b"abc"
+    assert list(path.parent.iterdir()) == [path]  # no temp files
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("exclusive", [True, False])
+def test_atomic_write_incomplete(tmp_path: pathlib.Path, exclusive: bool) -> None:
+    path = pathlib.Path(tmp_path) / "data"
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):  # noqa: PT012
+        with _atomic_write(path, "wb", exclusive=exclusive) as f:
+            f.write(b"a")
+            raise RuntimeError
+    assert not path.exists()
+    assert list(path.parent.iterdir()) == []  # no temp files
+
+
+def test_atomic_write_non_exclusive_preexisting(tmp_path: pathlib.Path) -> None:
+    path = pathlib.Path(tmp_path) / "data"
+    with path.open("wb") as f:
+        f.write(b"xyz")
+    assert path.read_bytes() == b"xyz"
+    with _atomic_write(path, "wb", exclusive=False) as f:
+        f.write(b"abc")
+    assert path.read_bytes() == b"abc"
+    assert list(path.parent.iterdir()) == [path]  # no temp files
+
+
+def test_atomic_write_exclusive_preexisting(tmp_path: pathlib.Path) -> None:
+    path = pathlib.Path(tmp_path) / "data"
+    with path.open("wb") as f:
+        f.write(b"xyz")
+    assert path.read_bytes() == b"xyz"
+    with pytest.raises(FileExistsError):
+        with _atomic_write(path, "wb", exclusive=True) as f:
+            f.write(b"abc")
+    assert path.read_bytes() == b"xyz"
+    assert list(path.parent.iterdir()) == [path]  # no temp files