Safety · Dobson
Dobson, NC crime & safety
Dobson's reported crime rate is below North Carolina's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2022.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Dobson compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Dobson's police department reported none of them, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Reported crime, 2022
Dobson at a glance
Violent crime
2.2
per 1,000 residents · North Carolina 4.1
Property crime
14.4
per 1,000 residents · North Carolina 21
Incidents reported
23
3 violent · 20 property
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
What gets reported
2022, by type
Larceny / theft
17
Burglary
3
Vehicle theft
0
Aggravated assault
2
Robbery
0
Rape
1
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Dobson safe
Local public safety
👮 Dobson Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.
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 thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 1,400, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2022, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.