Trussville, AL carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 61% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Trussville, AL shows violent crime at 137.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,973 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 61% 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
137.2/100K violent
1973/100K property
-61% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Trussville, AL
Comparable rate records
Trussville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Alabama cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Trussville's 137.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Ardmore (137.8), Montevallo (139.6), Kimberly (132.5), Columbiana (142.5). 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
Trussville sits mid-pack among comparable Alabama cities
At 137.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Trussville ranks 182 of 263 — above 81 of the 262 other Alabama cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -36.8% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 174.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 137.2 in 2024 (-21.2%). The highest observed value was 174.2 in 2020 and the lowest 104.9 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 6.5% of the 569 Part I offenses reported in Trussville for 2024, against a median of 13.9% across comparable Alabama cities — a gap of 7.4 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 91.0% of reported property offenses in Trussville, against a cohort median of 74.2%. The remainder is burglary (26) and motor vehicle theft (22). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Trussville'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.
Trussville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 35.7 Census sq mi, Trussville logged 14.9 property and 1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Trussville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (85% of 569 offenses; mix index 7,300).
Violent offenses are only 7% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (35.7 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
+30.8%
104.9 → 137.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
-3%
2034.9 → 1973/100K
Property offenses lead Trussville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs AL
Property Crime
532
1973
1622.1
Larceny-Theft
484
1795
-
Burglary
26
96.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
22
81.6
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
37
137.2
376.1
Aggravated Assault
30
111.3
-
Robbery
5
18.5
-
Rape
2
7.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Trussville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Trussville 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
Trussville Police Department
Reporting agency for Trussville NIBRS-participating
Trussville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Trussville's 569 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, Trussville reported 37 violent crimes and 532 property crimes, for a total of 569 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Trussville?
From 2023 to 2024, Trussville's violent crime rate increased by 30.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 3%.
What is the most common crime in Trussville?
The most common crime type in Trussville is larceny-theft, accounting for 85.1% of all reported crimes (484 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Trussville 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 Trussville, AL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.