Photo: Prussian_Fool · CC BY-SA 4.0Dothan reports more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Dothan’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #117 of 130 graded towns in Alabama.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of AL” is every other Alabama 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 Dothan
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Alabama towns on Dothan’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Kinsey (A), Headland (C+), Midland City (C+). Webb, Rehobeth and Cowarts have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Taylor reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Dothan has 43,945 jobs based in town for 72,060 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Dothan’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime is falling
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 Alabama.
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| Year | Dothan property | Rest of Alabama property | Dothan violent | Rest of Alabama violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37.7 | 24.5 | 10.5 | 5.2 |
| 2023 | 33.9 | 22.0 | 9.2 | 4.8 |
| 2024 | 27.7 | 21.6 | 9.1 | 4.7 |
| 2025 | 25.2 | 19.8 | 8.1 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Dothan’s police reported 1,888 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 8.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.6 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Dothan | Rest of Alabama | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.5 | 5.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 9.2 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 9.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 8.1 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 25 property crimes reported
And about 8 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
2,394 crimes reported in 2025
584 violent and 1,810 property, as reported to the FBI by Dothan’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
42 people died in crashes on Dothan’s roads in 2019–2023
Dothan had 41 fatal crashes in five years, in which 42 people died; 9 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 11.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Alabama towns of 25,000–100,000 people (9.5, 19 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.
Dothan and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Webb, Rehobeth and Cowarts have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Taylor reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 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.
- One number for all of Dothan. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Dothan’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (71,787 in 2025); our figure for Dothan is 72,060 (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 Dothan
Is Dothan, AL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Dothan reports more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #117 of 130 in Alabama. Its police reported 8.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.6 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Dothan?
8.8 violent and 28.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Alabama reports 4.6 and 21.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Dothan?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Dothan in 2025?
Dothan’s police reported 7 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 9.8 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Dothan safer than Kinsey?
Kinsey reports less crime per resident than Dothan: Kinsey grades A for safety and Dothan D. Kinsey’s police reported 0.7 violent and 2.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Dothan?
Dothan’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Dothan”. 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.