Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Anniston, AL Crime Grade
How Anniston 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 Anniston, AL was 727.5 per 100,000 residents (153 incidents over a population of 21,030). That puts Anniston 124% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 107% above the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
That ranks Anniston #3,547 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 6% of them, and #57 of 63 in Alabama. Violent crime is down 14% year over year and down 8% over the last five years.
Anniston, AL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Alabama Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 727.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,547 of 3,771
- AL rank
- #57 of 63
- Safer than
- 6% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 14%
- 5-year change
- down 8%
- Population
- 21,030
- Reporting agency
- Anniston Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Anniston Police Department (FBI ORI AL0110100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Anniston, AL
Also known as
- Woodstock
- Annies Town
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. Anniston (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Anniston 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 | 793.8(166) | 842.6(177) | 904.0(190) | 845.5(178) | 727.5(153) |
| Murder | 33.5(7) | 19.0(4) | 47.6(10) | 19.0(4) | 9.5(2) |
| Rape | 38.3(8) | 52.4(11) | 76.1(16) | 76.0(16) | 76.1(16) |
| Robbery | 138.7(29) | 80.9(17) | 133.2(28) | 85.5(18) | 147.4(31) |
| Aggravated assault | 583.4(122) | 690.2(145) | 647.1(136) | 665.0(140) | 494.5(104) |
| Property crime | 5288.6(1,106) | 5512.4(1,158) | 5000.5(1,051) | 4384.4(923) | 3613.9(760) |
| Burglary | 1128.5(236) | 1166.3(245) | 1175.2(247) | 1016.5(214) | 779.8(164) |
| Larceny | 3409.4(713) | 3660.7(769) | 3183.0(669) | 2902.3(611) | 2406.1(506) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 736.4(154) | 666.4(140) | 623.3(131) | 441.8(93) | 418.4(88) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Anniston, 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 Anniston 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 Anniston calculated?
- Anniston'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 Anniston 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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