Photo: Ajohns90 · CC BY-SA 3.0The crimes the grade counts fell 55% per resident in Soldotna from 2023 to 2025
Each year brought 1.7 violent crimes and 13.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (8.4 and 26.1 in the rest of Alaska). All told, Soldotna grades B− for safety (#6 of 18 graded towns in Alaska): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of AK” is every other Alaska 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 Soldotna
Among Alaska towns, closer to the middle
Alaska’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Soldotna’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 67% of the 18 Alaska towns we grade, against 46% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Soldotna’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (13.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Soldotna property | Rest of Alaska property | Soldotna violent | Rest of Alaska violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.7 | 24.8 | 2.9 | 9.5 |
| 2023 | 19.3 | 26.6 | 3.0 | 8.6 |
| 2024 | 11.4 | 24.4 | 0.9 | 8.3 |
| 2025 | 8.7 | 27.2 | 1.3 | 8.4 |
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 Alaska.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Soldotna | Rest of Alaska | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.9 | 9.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 8.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 8.3 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 8.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Soldotna’s police reported 24 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.4 in the rest of Alaska and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Soldotna 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 about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
46 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.
6 violent and 40 property, as reported to the FBI by Soldotna’s police.
One person died in crashes on Soldotna’s roads in 2019–2023
Soldotna had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died. Most of these deaths (1 of 1) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what is typical for Alaska towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Soldotna’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Soldotna’s own rate (4.5) 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.
Soldotna and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soldotna | B− | 1.7 | 13.1 |
| Kalifornsky | — | — | — |
| Funny River | — | — | — |
| Ridgeway | — | — | — |
| Sterling | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Kalifornsky, Funny River, Ridgeway and Sterling are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Alaska towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soldotna | B− | 1.7 | 13.1 |
| Unalaska | A | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Valdez | A− | 0.9 | 3.6 |
| Homer | B− | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| Kodiak | C+ | 3.4 | 9.4 |
| Nome | D | 11.5 | 7.1 |
The five graded Alaska towns closest to Soldotna’s population (4,615), 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 Soldotna. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Soldotna’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,605 in 2025); our figure for Soldotna is 4,615 (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 Soldotna
Is Soldotna, AK safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Soldotna reports more crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #6 of 18 in Alaska. Its police reported 1.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.4 in the rest of Alaska and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Soldotna?
1.7 violent and 13.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Alaska reports 8.4 and 26.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Soldotna?
Soldotna’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Soldotna”. 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.