Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Crime reported in Douglas, AL
Douglas’ police department covers under 1,000 people in the FBI’s count, so the page shows its counts, not rates, and there is no Safety Grade.
18 crimes reported in 2025
In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so we show counts rather than rates.
18 crimes reported in 2025
2 violent and 16 property, as reported to the FBI by Douglas’ police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
The nearest Alabama towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snead | C | 5 mi | 4.2 | 14.4 |
| Albertville | C | 9 mi | 2.5 | 16.4 |
| Sardis City | B− | 12 mi | 1.7 | 13.1 |
| Guntersville | C− | 14 mi | 3.5 | 28.1 |
| Arab | D | 15 mi | 3.1 | 32.0 |
| Blountsville | B | 16 mi | 2.0 | 7.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Douglas. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Douglas.
One person died in crashes on Douglas’s roads in 2019–2023
Douglas had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Alabama towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (11.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Douglas’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Douglas’s own rate (18.0) 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.
Douglas and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 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.
- One number for all of Douglas. 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 Douglas’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (796 in 2025); our figure for Douglas is 796 (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 Douglas
Is Douglas, AL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Douglas. Douglas’ police department covers under 1,000 people in the FBI’s count, so the page shows its counts, not rates, and there is no Safety Grade. The nearest Alabama towns with a grade are Snead (C, 5 mi), Albertville (C, 9 mi), Sardis City (B−, 12 mi).
Who polices Douglas?
Douglas’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Douglas”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Douglas.
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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.