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Safety in Dolan Springs · Not graded

Dolan Springs has no Safety Grade

Dolan Springs has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Mohave County. The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Dolan Springs alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Kingman, 30 miles away, graded C−.

Violent crimes
181
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Property crimes
1,198
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Nearest graded town
30 mi
Kingman (C−)
What stands out · In brief

What stands out about safety in Dolan Springs

Policed by the county

Dolan Springs is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓

Counts, not rates

The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Dolan Springs. County police ↓

The nearest graded towns

The closest Arizona towns with their own police figures are Kingman (C−, 30 mi), Bullhead City (C−, 35 mi), Lake Havasu City (C+, 75 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Dolan Springs. Nearest ↓

Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.

Who reports for Dolan Springs

What the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office reports

Mohave County Sheriff’s Office

Reports to the FBI for the parts of Mohave County without police of their own, which include Dolan Springs.

Property crimes

Violent crimes

2025 offenses reported by the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office

Larceny / theft764
Burglary297
Vehicle theft137
Aggravated assault106
Robbery9
Rape57
Homicide9
Arson6

Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.

Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Arizona towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
KingmanC−30 mi2.431.8
Bullhead CityC−35 mi4.019.6
Lake Havasu CityC+75 mi3.112.2
ParkerC+108 mi2.415.1
Colorado CityC−120 mi4.017.5
WilliamsD121 mi6.521.0

Straight-line distance from the center of Dolan Springs. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Dolan Springs.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

12 people died in crashes on Dolan Springs’s roads in 2019–2023

Dolan Springs had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.

That is 179.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Arizona towns of 2,500–5,000 people (11.3, 46 towns).

12
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
1
pedestrian among them
0
cyclists among them
179.0
per 100,000 a year · Arizona towns of 2,500–5,000: 11.3

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.

Next door

Dolan Springs and its neighbors

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TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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.
  • A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
  • 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 Dolan Springs

Is Dolan Springs, AZ safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Dolan Springs. The nearest Arizona towns with a grade are Kingman (C−, 30 mi), Bullhead City (C−, 35 mi), Lake Havasu City (C+, 75 mi).

Who polices Dolan Springs?

The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office. Dolan Springs is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Mohave County without police of their own.

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.