Sulligent, AL is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 53% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Sulligent, AL shows violent crime at 165.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,320.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 53% 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
165.1/100K violent
1320.9/100K property
-53% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Sulligent, AL
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 54.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 165.1 in 2024 (+201.3%). The highest observed value was 439.8 in 2023 and the lowest 54.8 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Sulligent reported 3 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 1,817. 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
Sulligent's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Alabama cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Sulligent's 165.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Pelham (165.2), Eclectic (164.7), Wetumpka (165.5), Falkville (166.9). 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
Sulligent sits mid-pack among comparable Alabama cities
At 165.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Sulligent ranks 166 of 263 — above 97 of the 262 other Alabama cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -23.9% 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-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 62.5% of reported property offenses in Sulligent, against a cohort median of 74.5%. The remainder is burglary (5) and motor vehicle theft (4). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Sulligent'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 1,817. 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.
Sulligent's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 7.8 Census sq mi, Sulligent logged 3.1 property and 0.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Sulligent leans on larceny-theft at 56% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,772.
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (7.8 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%
439.8 → 165.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-22.5%
1704.2 → 1320.9/100K
Property offenses lead Sulligent's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
24
1320.9
1711
Larceny-Theft
15
825.5
-
Burglary
5
275.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
4
220.1
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
3
165.1
352
Aggravated Assault
3
165.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Sulligent Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Sulligent 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 averagesRead the chart as a list
Sulligent: 165 violent, 1321 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Blountsville: 0 violent, 0 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Sylvania: 0 violent, 993 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Linden: 110 violent, 55 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Vernon: 110 violent, 2137 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Level Plains: 762 violent, 1252 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Sardis City: 113 violent, 1519 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Harpersville: 0 violent, 1379 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Butler: 288 violent, 1957 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Sulligent Police Department
Reporting agency for Sulligent NIBRS-participating
Sulligent Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Sulligent's 27 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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Alabama cities closest to Sulligent in population. Their populations run from 1,737 to 1,886, against 1,817 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Sulligent reported 3 violent crimes and 24 property crimes, for a total of 27 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Sulligent?
From 2023 to 2024, Sulligent's violent crime rate decreased by 62.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 22.5%.
What is the most common crime in Sulligent?
The most common crime type in Sulligent is larceny-theft, accounting for 55.6% of all reported crimes (15 incidents in 2024).
Micro-municipal read: Sulligent'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 Sulligent, AL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.