Newtown Elementary School · Photo: Rheave · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Johns Creek records less violent crime than 88% of U.S. towns
Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. The rate the grade counts dropped 19% from 2023 to 2025. Counting crimes Johns Creek’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #7 of 132 graded towns in Georgia. Violence and property crime split as 0.4 violent crime and 5.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 4.0 and 21.9 in the rest of Georgia.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of GA” is every other Georgia city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Johns Creek
Johns Creek reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Georgia towns on Johns Creek’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Roswell (B), Duluth (B−), Alpharetta (C+). Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Johns Creek’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Johns Creek | Rest of Georgia | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Johns Creek’s police reported 101 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.0 in the rest of Georgia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Johns Creek property | Rest of Georgia property | Johns Creek violent | Rest of Georgia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.7 | 25.2 | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 5.5 | 25.8 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 5.4 | 21.8 | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 4.4 | 18.3 | 0.4 | 3.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Georgia.
Crime in Johns Creek per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
390 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
32 violent and 358 property, as reported to the FBI by Johns Creek’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Johns Creek’s roads in 2019–2023
Johns Creek had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is fewer than is typical for Georgia towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (7.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Johns Creek’s size would see about 32 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Johns Creek’s own rate (1.7) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Johns Creek and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Creek | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| Alpharetta | C+ | 2.5 | 11.7 |
| Roswell | B | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| Duluth | B− | 1.6 | 10.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Georgia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Creek | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| Sandy Springs | B− | 1.3 | 14.7 |
| Marietta | C | 3.2 | 18.5 |
| Brookhaven | C− | 3.1 | 22.4 |
| Warner Robins | D | 6.1 | 29.4 |
| Albany | D | 8.6 | 19.9 |
The five graded Georgia towns closest to Johns Creek’s population (80,401), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Johns Creek. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Johns Creek’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (80,930 in 2025); our figure for Johns Creek is 80,401 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Johns Creek
Is Johns Creek, GA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Johns Creek reports less crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #7 of 132 in Georgia. Its police reported 0.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.0 in the rest of Georgia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Johns Creek?
0.4 violent and 5.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Georgia reports 4.0 and 21.9; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Johns Creek in 2025?
Johns Creek’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Johns Creek safer than Alpharetta?
Alpharetta reports more crime per resident than Johns Creek: Alpharetta grades C+ for safety and Johns Creek A. Alpharetta’s police reported 2.5 violent and 11.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Johns Creek?
Johns Creek’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Johns Creek”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.