Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fort Payne, AL Crime Grade
How Fort Payne 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
4/10
vs. Alabama cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fort Payne, AL was 172.7 per 100,000 residents (26 incidents over a population of 15,054). That puts Fort Payne 47% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 51% below the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Fort Payne (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fort Payne 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 | 85.5(12) | 154.9(23) | 221.8(33) | 160.2(24) | 172.7(26) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 13.3(2) |
| Rape | 35.6(5) | 40.4(6) | 60.5(9) | 20.0(3) | 26.6(4) |
| Robbery | 7.1(1) | 13.5(2) | 20.2(3) | 0.0(0) | 13.3(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 42.7(6) | 101.0(15) | 141.1(21) | 140.1(21) | 119.6(18) |
| Property crime | 890.4(125) | 1798.6(267) | 1371.0(204) | 1608.4(241) | 1421.5(214) |
| Burglary | 99.7(14) | 249.2(37) | 315.9(47) | 287.0(43) | 112.9(17) |
| Larceny | 662.5(93) | 1347.3(200) | 887.1(132) | 1181.3(177) | 1242.2(187) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 106.9(15) | 181.9(27) | 168.0(25) | 140.1(21) | 59.8(9) |
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: Fort Payne'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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