Rogersville, AL carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 40% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Rogersville, AL shows violent crime at 211.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,042.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 40% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
211.3/100K violent
2042.3/100K property
-40% vs U.S.
The verdict
Rogersville earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 40% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-40%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
43rd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,042.3
property crimes per 100K
Based on 3 reported violent incidents in a population of 1,420. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Rogersville, AL
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Rogersville reported 3 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 1,420. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Rogersville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Alabama cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Rogersville's 211.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Madison (211.0), Monroeville (211.7), Reform (208.0), Cullman (215.3). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 320.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 211.3 in 2024 (-34.0%). The highest observed value was 320.0 in 2020 and the lowest 142.5 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 62.1% of reported property offenses in Rogersville, against a cohort median of 74.5%. The remainder is burglary (6) and motor vehicle theft (5). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 9.4% of the 32 Part I offenses reported in Rogersville for 2024, against a median of 13.9% across comparable Alabama cities — a gap of 4.5 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.
Position in the state cohort
Rogersville sits mid-pack among comparable Alabama cities
At 211.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Rogersville ranks 134 of 263 — above 129 of the 262 other Alabama cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -2.7% against the cohort median of 217.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Rogersville'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.
Based on 3 reported violent incidents in a population of 1,420. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
On a small municipal row, small denominators make rates sensitive to a handful of incidents. Figures are reported totals, not neighbourhood advice.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+48.3%
142.5 → 211.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
+10.3%
1851.9 → 2042.3/100K
Property offenses lead Rogersville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs AL
Property Crime
29
2042.3
1622.1
Larceny-Theft
18
1267.6
-
Burglary
6
422.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
5
352.1
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
3
211.3
376.1
Aggravated Assault
3
211.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Rogersville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Rogersville property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,042.3/100K↑10.3%vs 2023
Rogersville violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
211.3/100K↑48.3%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
1,250
320
2320
33
2021
Comparable
1,296
308.6
3086.4
44
2022
Comparable
1,370
219
1459.9
23
2023
Comparable
1,404
142.5
1851.9
28
2024
Comparable
1,420
211.3
2042.3
32
How Rogersville sits among AL peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Rogersville Police Department NIBRS-participating
Rogersville's crime figures on this page originate from Rogersville Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Alabama cities closest to Rogersville in population. Their populations run from 1,257 to 1,521, against 1,420 here. Or use our
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These Alabama cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Rogersville's 211.3/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Rogersville has a violent crime rate of 211.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2042.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Rogersville, AL safe? ▼
Rogersville receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 61/100. The violent crime rate is 40% below the national average and 44% below the Alabama average.
What is the population of Rogersville, AL? ▼
The reporting population for Rogersville is 1,420 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Rogersville? ▼
In 2024, Rogersville reported 3 violent crimes and 29 property crimes, for a total of 32 reported offenses.
How do Rogersville's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Rogersville recorded about one reported offense per 44 residents and one reported violent offense per 473 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Rogersville? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Rogersville's violent crime rate increased by 48.3%, and the property crime rate increased by 10.3%.
What is the most common crime in Rogersville? ▼
The most common crime type in Rogersville is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.3% of all reported crimes (18 incidents in 2024).
Micro-municipal read: Rogersville's FBI UCR Table 8 row (2024) is the only source for the rates above.
With a small population base, per-100,000 rates amplify sparse counts. Incomplete submissions are excluded from rankings. See FBI.gov UCR for the raw Table 8 file.
Disclaimer (small municipal): small-base rates are especially easy to misread. Informational only - not advice. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Rogersville, AL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.