Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fairhope, AL Crime Grade
How Fairhope 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Alabama
2/10
vs. Alabama cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fairhope, AL was 141.0 per 100,000 residents (38 incidents over a population of 26,953). That puts Fairhope Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 60% below the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
That ranks Fairhope #1,541 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 59% of them, and #13 of 63 in Alabama. Violent crime is up 25% year over year and up 72% over the last five years.
Fairhope, AL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Alabama Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 141.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,541 of 3,771
- AL rank
- #13 of 63
- Safer than
- 59% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 25%
- 5-year change
- up 72%
- Population
- 26,953
- Reporting agency
- Fairhope Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fairhope Police Department (FBI ORI AL0050200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fairhope, AL
Also known as
- Alabama City
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. Fairhope (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fairhope 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 | 81.7(20) | 176.9(42) | 179.8(44) | 112.5(29) | 141.0(38) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 4.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 24.5(6) | 21.1(5) | 16.3(4) | 27.2(7) | 7.4(2) |
| Robbery | 4.1(1) | 12.6(3) | 4.1(1) | 15.5(4) | 18.6(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 53.1(13) | 139.0(33) | 159.4(39) | 69.8(18) | 115.0(31) |
| Property crime | 531.3(130) | 1473.9(350) | 1344.8(329) | 1163.6(300) | 1235.5(333) |
| Burglary | 28.6(7) | 176.9(42) | 167.6(41) | 81.5(21) | 85.3(23) |
| Larceny | 465.9(114) | 1187.5(282) | 1103.6(270) | 1043.4(269) | 1090.8(294) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 32.7(8) | 96.9(23) | 69.5(17) | 34.9(9) | 59.4(16) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fairhope, 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 Fairhope 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 Fairhope calculated?
- Fairhope'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 Fairhope 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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