Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 4.0Lithia Springs has no grade of its own; Douglasville, 4 miles away, is the nearest that does
Lithia Springs has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Douglas County. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Lithia Springs alone, and no Safety Grade. The surrounding 10 miles hold 3 graded places to compare with.
What stands out about safety in Lithia Springs
Policed by the county
Lithia Springs is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Lithia Springs. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Georgia towns with their own police figures are Douglasville (D, 4 mi), Smyrna (C+, 9 mi), Hiram (D−, 10 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lithia Springs. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Douglas County without police of their own, which include Lithia Springs.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Georgia towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglasville | D | 4 mi | 5.0 | 43.1 |
| Smyrna | C+ | 9 mi | 2.5 | 13.0 |
| Hiram | D− | 10 mi | 3.1 | 55.0 |
| South Fulton | D | 11 mi | 5.3 | 21.2 |
| Atlanta | D | 13 mi | 6.8 | 35.1 |
| Marietta | C | 13 mi | 3.2 | 18.5 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Lithia Springs. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lithia Springs.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
24 people died in crashes on Lithia Springs’s roads in 2019–2023
Lithia Springs had 24 fatal crashes in five years, in which 24 people died; 5 were pedestrians. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 28.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Georgia towns of 5,000–25,000 people (11.0, 121 towns).
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.
Lithia Springs and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austell | — | — | — |
| Douglasville | D | 5.0 | 43.1 |
| Mableton | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Austell reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Mableton has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Lithia Springs
Is Lithia Springs, GA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Lithia Springs. The nearest Georgia towns with a grade are Douglasville (D, 4 mi), Smyrna (C+, 9 mi), Hiram (D−, 10 mi).
Who polices Lithia Springs?
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. Lithia Springs is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Douglas County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Lithia Springs.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.