Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Phenix City, AL Crime Grade
How Phenix 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
9/10
vs. Alabama cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Phenix City, AL was 705.1 per 100,000 residents (271 incidents over a population of 38,435). That puts Phenix City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 101% above the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
That ranks Phenix City #3,526 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 6% of them, and #55 of 63 in Alabama. Violent crime is down 11% year over year and down 21% over the last five years.
Phenix City, AL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Alabama Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 705.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,526 of 3,771
- AL rank
- #55 of 63
- Safer than
- 6% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 11%
- 5-year change
- down 21%
- Population
- 38,435
- Reporting agency
- Phenix City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Phenix City Police Department (FBI ORI AL0570100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Phenix City, AL
Also known as
- Browneville
- Brownville
- Knights Station
- Phoenix
- Lively
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. Phenix City (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Phenix 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 | 892.7(328) | 882.4(336) | 894.6(340) | 790.6(303) | 705.1(271) |
| Murder | 43.5(16) | 28.9(11) | 34.2(13) | 13.0(5) | 15.6(6) |
| Rape | 108.9(40) | 63.0(24) | 100.0(38) | 57.4(22) | 57.2(22) |
| Robbery | 141.5(52) | 84.0(32) | 144.7(55) | 70.5(27) | 44.2(17) |
| Aggravated assault | 598.7(220) | 706.5(269) | 615.7(234) | 649.7(249) | 588.0(226) |
| Property crime | 4667.4(1,715) | 3750.4(1,428) | 3896.9(1,481) | 3478.3(1,333) | 2476.9(952) |
| Burglary | 666.8(245) | 491.1(187) | 560.5(213) | 511.4(196) | 281.0(108) |
| Larceny | 3222.3(1,184) | 2778.7(1,058) | 2933.8(1,115) | 2627.7(1,007) | 1985.2(763) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 764.8(281) | 470.1(179) | 394.7(150) | 331.4(127) | 202.9(78) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Phenix 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 Phenix 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 Phenix City calculated?
- Phenix 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 Phenix 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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