Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Dothan, AL Crime Grade
How Dothan grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Alabama — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Alabama
10/10
vs. Alabama cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Dothan, AL was 813.5 per 100,000 residents (584 incidents over a population of 71,787). That puts Dothan Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 132% above the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
That ranks Dothan #3,604 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 4% of them, and #60 of 63 in Alabama. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and up 266% over the last five years.
Dothan, AL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Alabama Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 813.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,604 of 3,771
- AL rank
- #60 of 63
- Safer than
- 4% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- up 266%
- Population
- 71,787
- Reporting agency
- Dothan Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Dothan Police Department (FBI ORI AL0380100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Dothan, AL
Also known as
- Dothen
- Poplar Head
- Cawthons Cowpen
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Dothan (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Dothan vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 222.2(155) | 1063.3(757) | 925.5(660) | 903.0(644) | 813.5(584) |
| Murder | 7.2(5) | 21.1(15) | 21.0(15) | 7.0(5) | 9.8(7) |
| Rape | 17.2(12) | 87.1(62) | 85.5(61) | 70.1(50) | 87.8(63) |
| Robbery | 22.9(16) | 61.8(44) | 58.9(42) | 53.3(38) | 51.5(37) |
| Aggravated assault | 174.9(122) | 893.3(636) | 760.0(542) | 772.6(551) | 664.5(477) |
| Property crime | 706.8(493) | 2958.0(2,106) | 3261.7(2,326) | 2798.7(1,996) | 2535.3(1,820) |
| Burglary | 372.8(260) | 528.1(376) | 437.5(312) | 364.6(260) | 302.3(217) |
| Larceny | 278.1(194) | 2233.3(1,590) | 2592.8(1,849) | 2277.1(1,624) | 2043.5(1,467) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 51.6(36) | 153.1(109) | 216.0(154) | 133.2(95) | 175.5(126) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Dothan, AL Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Dothan Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Dothan calculated?
- Dothan's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Alabama state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Alabama cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Dothan Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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