Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 4.0Who polices Redan, and what they report
Redan has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in DeKalb County. The DeKalb 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 Redan alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Redan
Policed by the county
Redan is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Redan. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Georgia towns with their own police figures are Lithonia (C, 4 mi), Stone Mountain (C, 5 mi), Clarkston (D, 7 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Redan. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office reports
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
Reports to the FBI for the parts of DeKalb County without police of their own, which include Redan.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in DeKalb County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the DeKalb 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.
The nearest Georgia towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Straight-line distance from the center of Redan. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Redan.
15 people died in crashes on Redan’s roads in 2019–2023
Redan had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 15 people died; 5 were pedestrians.
That is 9.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Georgia towns of 25,000–100,000 people (7.9, 40 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.
Redan and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonecrest | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Stonecrest has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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 Redan
Is Redan, GA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Redan. Redan has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in DeKalb County. The DeKalb 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 Redan alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest Georgia towns with a grade are Lithonia (C, 4 mi), Stone Mountain (C, 5 mi), Clarkston (D, 7 mi).
Who polices Redan?
The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. Redan is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of DeKalb County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Redan.
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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.