Alexander City, AL carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 191% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Alexander City, AL shows violent crime at 1,024.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,588.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 191% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
1024.2/100K violent
3588.1/100K property
+191% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Alexander City, AL
Position in the state cohort
Alexander City reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Alabama cities
At 1024.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Alexander City ranks 15 of 263 — above 248 of the 262 other Alabama cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +379.6% against the cohort median of 213.5. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Comparable rate records
Alexander City's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Alabama cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Alexander City's 1024.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Bear Creek (1035.8), Tallassee (1054.4), Gurley (1055.1), Gantt (980.4). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 22.2% of the 662 Part I offenses reported in Alexander City for 2024, against a median of 13.8% across comparable Alabama cities — a gap of 8.4 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 1242.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 1024.2 in 2024 (-17.5%). The highest observed value was 1242.0 in 2020 and the lowest 412.3 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Alexander City's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Alexander City's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 46 Census sq mi, Alexander City logged 11.2 property and 3.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Alexander City's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (60% of 662 offenses; mix index 4,180).
Violent offenses are 22% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (46 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+33%
770.1 → 1024.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
-3.5%
3719.7 → 3588.1/100K
Property offenses lead Alexander City's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs AL
vs US avg
Property Crime
515
3588.1
1622.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
398
2772.9
-
-
Burglary
91
634
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
26
181.1
-
-
Arson
5
34.8
-
-
Violent Crime
147
1024.2
376.1
352
Aggravated Assault
125
870.9
-
-
Robbery
11
76.6
-
-
Rape
7
48.8
-
-
Murder
4
27.9
-
-
Alexander City Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Alexander City property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Alexander City Police Department
Reporting agency for Alexander City NIBRS-participating
Alexander City Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Alexander City's 662 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Alabama
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Alexander City at 1,024.2/100K violent and 3,588.1/100K property - matched below outside Alabama (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Alexander City reported 147 violent crimes and 515 property crimes, for a total of 662 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Alexander City?
From 2023 to 2024, Alexander City's violent crime rate increased by 33%, and the property crime rate decreased by 3.5%.
What is the most common crime in Alexander City?
The most common crime type in Alexander City is larceny-theft, accounting for 60.1% of all reported crimes (398 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Alexander City figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Alexander City, AL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.