What is the crime rate in Dothan, AL?

In 2025, the Dothan Police Department reported 575 violent crimes and 1,822 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 801 violent and 2,538 property crimes per 100,000 of the 71,787 residents it serves.

Across Alabama the rates were 353 and 1,502.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 801
Property per 100,000: 2,538
Violent crimes: 575
Property crimes: 1,822

Crime reported by the Dothan Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	656	920	2,326	3,262	71,312
2024	645	904	1,996	2,799	71,318
2025	575	801	1,822	2,538	71,787

Violent crimes reported went from 656 in 2023 to 575 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,326 in 2023 to 1,822 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Dothan against Alabama and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Dothan	801	2,538
Alabama	353	1,502
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Dothan, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Dothan	—	801	2,538
Kinsey	6.1 mi	44	132
Taylor	6.1 mi	0	0
Midland City	7.6 mi	259	1,208
Headland	8.9 mi	180	1,135
Ashford	11 mi	85	467
Newton	13 mi	0	781
Cottonwood	14 mi	0	725
Slocomb	14 mi	91	1,050

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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