Andalusia, AL carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 90% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Andalusia, AL shows violent crime at 667.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,666 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 90% 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
667.6/100K violent
3666/100K property
+90% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Andalusia, AL
Comparable rate records
Andalusia's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Alabama cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Andalusia's 667.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Jacksons Gap (664.0), Haleyville (676.6), Ragland (702.6), Prichard (632.0). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Andalusia reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Alabama cities
At 667.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Andalusia ranks 38 of 263 — above 225 of the 262 other Alabama cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +212.6% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 902.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 667.6 in 2024 (-26.0%). The highest observed value was 902.5 in 2020 and the lowest 410.8 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Andalusia'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.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Andalusia's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 19.8 Census sq mi, Andalusia logged 16.4 property and 3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Andalusia's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (64% of 383 offenses; mix index 4,468).
Violent offenses are 15% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (19.8 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
+62.5%
410.8 → 667.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
-2.1%
3743 → 3666/100K
Property offenses lead Andalusia's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs AL
vs US avg
Property Crime
324
3666
1622.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
244
2760.8
-
-
Burglary
53
599.7
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
27
305.5
-
-
Arson
3
33.9
-
-
Violent Crime
59
667.6
376.1
352
Aggravated Assault
49
554.4
-
-
Rape
7
79.2
-
-
Robbery
3
33.9
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Andalusia Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Andalusia 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
Andalusia Police Department
Reporting agency for Andalusia NIBRS-participating
Andalusia Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Andalusia's 383 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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In 2024, Andalusia reported 59 violent crimes and 324 property crimes, for a total of 383 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Andalusia?
From 2023 to 2024, Andalusia's violent crime rate increased by 62.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 2.1%.
What is the most common crime in Andalusia?
The most common crime type in Andalusia is larceny-theft, accounting for 63.7% of all reported crimes (244 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Andalusia is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Andalusia, AL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.