Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Spanish Fort, AL Crime Grade
How Spanish Fort 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Alabama
1/10
vs. Alabama cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Spanish Fort, AL was 61.6 per 100,000 residents (7 incidents over a population of 11,372). That puts Spanish Fort 81% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 82% below the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
That ranks Spanish Fort #655 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 83% of them, and #3 of 63 in Alabama. Violent crime is down 31% year over year and down 25% over the last five years.
Spanish Fort, AL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Alabama Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 61.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #655 of 3,771
- AL rank
- #3 of 63
- Safer than
- 83% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 31%
- 5-year change
- down 25%
- Population
- 11,372
- Reporting agency
- Spanish Fort Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Spanish Fort Police Department (FBI ORI AL0051300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Spanish Fort (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Spanish Fort 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 | 81.9(8) | 65.5(7) | 100.7(11) | 89.3(10) | 61.6(7) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.9(1) | 8.8(1) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.2(1) | 44.6(5) | 17.6(2) |
| Robbery | 20.5(2) | 18.7(2) | 18.3(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 61.4(6) | 46.8(5) | 73.2(8) | 35.7(4) | 35.2(4) |
| Property crime | 870.5(85) | 1590.4(170) | 1684.2(184) | 1357.3(152) | 747.4(85) |
| Burglary | 133.1(13) | 224.5(24) | 146.5(16) | 71.4(8) | 44.0(5) |
| Larceny | 696.4(68) | 1300.4(139) | 1418.8(155) | 1250.1(140) | 659.5(75) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 30.7(3) | 65.5(7) | 119.0(13) | 35.7(4) | 44.0(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Spanish Fort, 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 Spanish Fort 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 Spanish Fort calculated?
- Spanish Fort'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 Spanish Fort 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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