Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
DeKalb County, Georgia, has about 770,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from DeKalb County depends on where the incident happened: the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Georgia Open Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: DeKalb County public records, DeKalb County arrest records, DeKalb County warrants, DeKalb County inmate search, DeKalb County criminal records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from DeKalb County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In DeKalb County that is the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also places the State Patrol at Metropolitan Traffic Unit, Atlanta in DeKalb County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's agency list also places three other agencies and three campus police departments in DeKalb County, each with a records office of its own.
The Atlanta Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including DeKalb County, so its arrests are not broken out for DeKalb County here.
Reports from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office
The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 21 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 35 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at dekalbsheriff.com (page title: DeKalb County Jail, IN Inmate Roster, Booking, Arrests, Warrants), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Reports from the City Agencies in DeKalb County
The ten cities the FBI lists in DeKalb County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Brookhaven: 159 violent and 1,197 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,462 arrests reported for 2025.
- Dunwoody: 84 violent and 1,481 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,343 arrests reported for 2025. The Dunwoody police records page is at dunwoodyga.gov/police/services/police-reports-open-records, phone 678-382-6700 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Chamblee: 140 violent and 1,051 property crimes reported for 2025; 585 arrests reported for 2025. The Chamblee police records page is at chambleega.com/police_department/police_reports.php, phone 770-986-5005 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Decatur: 32 violent and 460 property crimes reported for 2025; 395 arrests reported for 2025.
- Clarkston: 69 violent and 251 property crimes reported for 2025; 312 arrests reported for 2025. The Clarkston police department's page is at clarkstonga.gov/clarkston-police-department (verified September 25, 2026).
- Doraville: 57 violent and 530 property crimes reported for 2025; 621 arrests reported for 2025. The Doraville police records page is at doravillega.us/services/police/services/open_records.php, phone (770) 455-1000 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Stone Mountain: 26 violent and 93 property crimes reported for 2025; 80 arrests reported for 2025.
- Avondale Estates: 5 violent and 49 property crimes reported for 2025; 52 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lithonia: 10 violent and 43 property crimes reported for 2025; 36 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pine Lake.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Reports: DeKalb County in 2025
The 11 agencies in DeKalb County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,325 violent and 22,567 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 11 agencies in DeKalb County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 9,241 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Georgia Open Records Act Requires
Under the Georgia Open Records Act the agency must answer a request within 3 business days, and it may charge for search, retrieval and copying after the first quarter hour. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at dekalbcountyga.gov/departments/communications/open-records-request (page title: Open Records Request | DeKalb County, GA).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in DeKalb County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
How long does an agency in DeKalb County have to answer?
Under the Georgia Open Records Act, within 3 business days. It may charge for search, retrieval and copying after the first quarter hour.
Who has a crash report from a state highway in DeKalb County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the State Patrol at Metropolitan Traffic Unit, Atlanta in DeKalb County.
How do I get a report from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official DeKalb County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.