Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Decatur, AL Crime Grade
How Decatur 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Alabama
9/10
vs. Alabama cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Decatur, AL was 629.0 per 100,000 residents (366 incidents over a population of 58,187). That puts Decatur Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 79% above the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Decatur (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Decatur 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 | 94.0(51) | 432.3(250) | 494.8(287) | 610.1(357) | 629.0(366) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 24.2(14) | 5.2(3) | 12.0(7) | 8.6(5) |
| Rape | 18.4(10) | 41.5(24) | 36.2(21) | 56.4(33) | 43.0(25) |
| Robbery | 18.4(10) | 62.3(36) | 70.7(41) | 44.4(26) | 43.0(25) |
| Aggravated assault | 57.2(31) | 304.3(176) | 382.7(222) | 497.3(291) | 534.5(311) |
| Property crime | 1156.0(627) | 2906.7(1,681) | 2668.7(1,548) | 2519.1(1,474) | 1866.4(1,086) |
| Burglary | 272.9(148) | 314.7(182) | 270.7(157) | 194.8(114) | 204.5(119) |
| Larceny | 724.6(393) | 2043.9(1,182) | 1896.4(1,100) | 1850.8(1,083) | 1330.2(774) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 97.7(53) | 268.0(155) | 277.6(161) | 282.0(165) | 173.6(101) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Decatur's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Alabama cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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