Crime Grade · Alabama

Safest Cities in Alabama

63 reporting Alabama cities ranked safest to least safe, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 262.6 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Mountain Brook	21,505	18.6	A1/10
2	Daphne	31,568	57.0	A1/10
3	Spanish Fort	11,372	61.6	A1/10
4	Hoover	93,094	65.5	A1/10
5	Saraland	16,513	66.6	A1/10
6	Vestavia Hills	37,914	68.6	A1/10
7	Helena	22,486	71.2	A1/10
8	Rainbow City	10,384	77.0	A1/10
9	Boaz	10,565	94.7	A1/10
10	Alabaster	34,730	95.0	A1/10
11	Auburn	85,520	95.9	A1/10
12	Millbrook	17,616	130.6	A2/10
13	Fairhope	26,953	141.0	A2/10
14	Moody	13,690	146.1	A2/10
15	Trussville	27,302	150.2	A2/10
16	Athens	34,571	150.4	A2/10
17	Madison	65,833	151.9	A2/10
18	Pelham	25,692	155.7	A2/10
19	Homewood	28,051	160.4	A2/10
20	Fort Payne	15,054	172.7	A2/10
21	Oxford	22,088	185.6	A3/10
22	Russellville	10,704	186.8	A3/10
23	Gardendale	16,457	188.4	A3/10
24	Foley	30,196	188.8	A3/10
25	Irondale	13,563	206.4	A3/10
26	Muscle Shoals	17,678	215.0	A3/10
27	Hartselle	16,361	220.0	A3/10
28	Albertville	23,642	228.4	A3/10
29	Cullman	20,710	231.8	A3/10
30	Prattville	40,736	252.8	A3/10
31	Leeds	12,633	261.2	B4/10
32	Calera	19,040	262.6	B4/10
33	Scottsboro	16,054	274.1	B4/10
34	Gulf Shores	17,993	289.0	B4/10
35	Pell City	14,250	294.7	B4/10
36	Valley	10,075	347.4	B4/10
37	Prichard	18,657	353.8	B4/10
38	Ozark	14,377	382.6	B5/10
39	Northport	31,564	383.3	B5/10
40	Huntsville	234,043	394.8	B5/10
41	Gadsden	32,894	395.2	B5/10
42	Jasper	14,569	446.2	B5/10
43	Sylacauga	12,020	449.3	B5/10
44	Opelika	36,066	454.7	B5/10
45	Eufaula	12,240	457.5	B5/10
46	Hueytown	16,039	461.4	B5/10
47	Talladega	14,582	466.3	B5/10
48	Tuscaloosa	116,588	471.7	B5/10
49	Troy	17,752	518.3	C6/10
50	Florence	43,266	543.2	C6/10
51	Mobile	255,927	589.6	C6/10
52	Jacksonville	14,741	624.1	C7/10
53	Decatur	58,187	629.0	C7/10
54	Montgomery	194,775	643.3	C7/10
55	Phenix City	38,435	705.1	C7/10
56	Selma	15,955	720.8	C7/10
57	Anniston	21,030	727.5	C7/10
58	Enterprise	31,224	749.4	C7/10
59	Alexander City	14,343	808.8	D8/10
60	Dothan	71,787	813.5	D8/10
61	Birmingham	195,393	1233.9	F9/10
62	Bessemer	24,850	1702.2	F10/10
63	Fairfield	10,625	2108.2	F10/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.