State crime profile · 2024

Alabama Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities

Crime data for 263 cities and 59 of 67 counties in Alabama (AL), ranked safest to most dangerous from 449 reporting agencies.

Data updated 2026-09-05

376.1
Violent / 100K
1,622.1
Property / 100K
263
Cities
59
Counties

Alabama violent crime is 376.1 per 100,000, 7% above the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Alabama records 376.1 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 7% above the national average (about the 32nd-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.

  • 376.1 violent crimes per 100K
  • +7% vs. the U.S. average
  • 32nd safest of 51 states & DC
  • 1,622.1 property crimes per 100K

How safe is Alabama? FBI UCR data snapshot

Alabama (AL) reported 19,397 violent crimes and 83,663 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 449 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 376.1 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1622.1 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 5,157,699. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 263 Alabama cities and 59 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.

The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for Alabama below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.

Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 404.2 to 376.1 per 100,000, a decline of 7%. City-level detail pages within Alabama include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.

How Alabama ranks nationally

Alabama vs. every U.S. state

Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.

376 37th percentile among 51 U.S. states

AL 0 1,100+ every state & DC, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more U.S. states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024

Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends

Crime Trends

Year Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
2024 5,157,699 19,397 376.1 83,663 1622.1
2023 5,108,468 19,974 391 87,114 1705.3
2022 5,074,296 19,511 384.5 84,636 1667.9
2021 5,039,877 15,213 301.9 63,800 1265.9
2020 4,921,532 10,624 215.9 49,841 1012.7
2019 4,903,185 9,625 196.3 52,261 1065.9
2018 4,887,871 23,937 489.7 130,604 2672
2017 4,874,747 23,974 491.8 137,191 2814.3
2016 4,863,300 25,134 516.8 140,657 2892.2
2015 4,858,979 22,117 455.2 140,304 2887.5
2014 4,849,377 19,603 404.2 146,634 3023.8

Cities in Alabama

Safest cities in Alabama

Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Daphne is the safest sizeable city in Alabama, at 54.4 violent crimes per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Highest violent-crime cities in Alabama

Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Birmingham reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Alabama, at 1,246.6 per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Birmingham is both volume #1 and rate #1 among 25 Alabama cities with 25,000+ residents in FBI UCR 2024. That non-invert is disclosed, not hidden.

Alabama's largest cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 14 cities; the anchor is ringed. Alabama's largest cities, violent vs. property crime 70 1,346 Violent crime per 100K → 581 4,354 Property crime per 100K → Mobile Huntsville Birmingham Montgomery SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME PROPERTY-HEAVY VIOLENT-HEAVY Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are Alabama's statewide averages · the four largest cities are labeled
City Population Violent / 100K Grade
Mobile 237,092
752
F
Huntsville 228,697
483.2
D
Birmingham 195,418
1,246.6
F
Montgomery 193,728
594.6
F
Tuscaloosa 113,834
553.4
F
Hoover 92,352
78
A
Auburn 83,756
107.5
A
Dothan 71,318
912.8
F
Madison 62,087
211
B
Decatur 58,514
606.7
F
Florence 43,076
629.1
F
Prattville 39,818
226
B
Phenix City 38,323
777.6
F
Vestavia Hills 37,658
82.3
A
Opelika 34,448
560.3
F
Alabaster 34,349
99
A
Gadsden 33,015
581.6
F
Athens 32,862
243.4
C
Daphne 31,256
54.4
A
Enterprise 30,766
624.1
F
Homewood 27,884
150.6
B
Trussville 26,964
137.2
B
Foley 26,424
193
B
Fairhope 25,782
108.6
A
Pelham 25,419
165.2
A
Bessemer 24,720
1,743.5
F
Albertville 23,242
236.6
B
Helena 22,470
71.2
A
Oxford 22,074
145
B
Mountain Brook 21,486
65.2
A
Anniston 21,052
845.5
F
Cullman 20,433
215.3
C
Calera 18,747
234.7
B
Prichard 18,672
632
F
Troy 17,894
486.2
F
Millbrook 17,633
243.9
C
Muscle Shoals 17,501
182.8
C
Gulf Shores 17,413
287.1
C
Saraland 16,505
84.8
A
Selma 16,299
619.7
F
Gardendale 16,131
192.2
B
Hueytown 16,013
512.1
D
Hartselle 16,011
224.8
C
Scottsboro 15,960
200.5
B
Fort Payne 14,984
160.2
B
Jacksonville 14,812
607.6
D
Talladega 14,590
541.5
F
Jasper 14,418
395.3
D
Alexander City 14,353
1,024.2
F
Ozark 14,350
439
D
Pell City 14,250
294.7
C
Moody 13,720
174.9
A
Irondale 13,538
177.3
B
Leeds 12,445
297.3
C
Eufaula 12,314
722.8
F
Sylacauga 12,109
561.6
F
Spanish Fort 11,199
89.3
A
Russellville 10,679
112.4
B
Rainbow City 10,362
86.9
A
Valley 10,241
380.8
D
Southside 9,638
103.8
A
Fultondale 9,533
293.7
C
Pleasant Grove 9,341
160.6
A
Sheffield 9,280
517.2
D
Clanton 9,250
313.5
C
Tuscumbia 9,208
65.2
A+
Guntersville 9,184
304.9
C
Arab 8,960
256.7
C
Andalusia 8,838
667.6
F
Orange Beach 8,673
357.4
C
Tuskegee 8,582
827.3
F
Bay Minette 8,456
413.9
C
Atmore 8,294
1,362.4
F
Montevallo 7,877
139.6
A
Lincoln 7,725
388.3
C
Robertsdale 7,658
182.8
C
Wetumpka 7,249
165.5
B
Oneonta 7,013
185.4
C
Hamilton 6,963
186.7
B
Greenville 6,923
577.8
F
Satsuma 6,880
159.9
A
Opp 6,760
221.9
B
Demopolis 6,733
965.4
F
Lanett 6,691
792.1
F
Margaret 6,641
0
A+
Chickasaw 6,226
433.7
D
Semmes 6,105
720.7
F
Rainsville 5,849
17.1
A+
Attalla 5,813
344.1
D
Monroeville 5,668
211.7
B
Odenville 5,495
327.6
B
Headland 5,456
183.3
B
Roanoke 5,411
776.2
F
Springville 5,381
167.3
B
Brewton 5,139
544.9
F
Triana 5,085
59
A+
Loxley 5,007
379.5
C
Columbiana 4,913
142.5
A
Midfield 4,885
368.5
C
Winfield 4,872
123.2
B
Showing the 100 largest of 263 reporting cities. Browse all 263 cities → Or see the safest and most dangerous rankings.

Counties in Alabama

59 of 67 Census county-equivalents (88.1%) appear in FBI Table 10 for this vintage. Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.

Largest counties in Alabama, violent crime per 100K

Top 8 counties by population, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
Autauga
Baldwin
Barbour
Bibb
Blount
Bullock
Calhoun
Chambers
Cherokee
Chilton
Choctaw
Clarke
Clay
Cleburne
Coffee
Colbert
Conecuh
Covington
Crenshaw
Cullman
Dale
Dallas
DeKalb
Elmore
Etowah
Fayette
Franklin
Geneva
Greene
Henry
Houston
Jackson
Jefferson
Lamar
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Lee
Lowndes
Macon
Madison
Marion
Marshall
Mobile
Monroe
Montgomery
Perry
Pickens
Pike
Randolph
Russell
Shelby
St. Clair
Sumter
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Washington
Winston

Nationwide peers for Alabama

Similar violent rate (~376.1/100K)

Similar property rate (~1,622.1/100K)

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Safest cities · Most dangerous · Trends · National rankings · Crime grades · Compare · Methodology

Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.

Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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