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What is the meaning when Mama says 15 is red territory, in the movie Dredd?

She and Caleb are discussing expansion. But I don't know what being red is.

CALEB
The only danger is we expand too fast. In the last few days we've added distribution to three new blocks. Pretty soon we'll be looking at making inroads into sectors nine and fifteen.

MA-MA
Fifteen is still Red territory. Why make waves?

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    Added a little more. Hard for me to transcribe exactly while on a cell.
    – Guest troll
    Commented Nov 29 at 2:38
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    David, thanks for the edit. Not sure if you are going off script or th like. But movie is free on Prime, now. And the last part about why make waves is not in that movie.
    – Guest troll
    Commented Nov 29 at 13:18
  • I do think that part clarifies that she is concerned about pace. Which is implicit even from shorter version.
    – Guest troll
    Commented Nov 29 at 13:19
  • But I'm still not clear that red is Red Dragon. After all she kicked their asses in Peachtrees. Wonder if red means something in larger context of Dredd universe.
    – Guest troll
    Commented Nov 29 at 13:21
  • I've read a great many Judge Dredd comics. I don't know of any meaning of Red . And Ma-Ma, Peach Tree, Slo-Mo and Red Dragons were invented for the film, and weren't in the comic, AFAIK. It seems to me that Red referring to a gang mentioned earlier is the most plausible meaning.
    – Pete
    Commented Nov 30 at 0:54

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There's a quote in the movie, I think it's Dredd speaking, but this computer-generated transcript isn't clear. :

"Not so long ago there were three main gangs hustling for control of Peach Trees. The Peyote Kings, the Red Dragons, the Judged. Then Ma-Ma arrived."

So "Red territory" is territory controlled by the Red Dragon gang.

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