Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Alexander City, AL Crime Grade
How Alexander City grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Alabama — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Alabama
10/10
vs. Alabama cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Alexander City, AL was 808.8 per 100,000 residents (116 incidents over a population of 14,343). That puts Alexander City 149% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 131% above the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
That ranks Alexander City #3,601 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 5% of them, and #59 of 63 in Alabama. Violent crime is down 22% year over year and up 100% over the last five years.
Alexander City, AL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Alabama Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 808.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,601 of 3,771
- AL rank
- #59 of 63
- Safer than
- 5% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 22%
- 5-year change
- up 100%
- Population
- 14,343
- Reporting agency
- Alexander City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Alexander City Police Department (FBI ORI AL0620100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Alexander City, AL
Also known as
- Youngsville
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Alexander City (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Alexander City vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 405.2(57) | 835.9(121) | 777.0(113) | 1038.1(149) | 808.8(116) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 13.8(2) | 13.8(2) | 27.9(4) | 13.9(2) |
| Rape | 28.4(4) | 34.5(5) | 68.8(10) | 55.7(8) | 55.8(8) |
| Robbery | 49.8(7) | 55.3(8) | 55.0(8) | 76.6(11) | 27.9(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 327.0(46) | 732.2(106) | 639.4(93) | 877.9(126) | 711.1(102) |
| Property crime | 4123.4(580) | 4013.5(581) | 3719.7(541) | 3643.8(523) | 3158.3(453) |
| Burglary | 2658.9(374) | 1340.1(194) | 921.3(134) | 641.0(92) | 571.7(82) |
| Larceny | 1301.0(183) | 2300.4(333) | 2475.2(360) | 2779.9(399) | 2314.7(332) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 156.4(22) | 359.2(52) | 295.7(43) | 188.1(27) | 258.0(37) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Alexander City, AL Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Alexander City Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Alexander City calculated?
- Alexander City's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Alabama state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Alabama cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Alexander City Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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