Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Sylacauga, AL Crime Grade
How Sylacauga 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
7/10
vs. Alabama cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Sylacauga, AL was 449.3 per 100,000 residents (54 incidents over a population of 12,020). That puts Sylacauga 38% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 28% above the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
That ranks Sylacauga #3,170 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 16% of them, and #43 of 63 in Alabama. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and down 41% over the last five years.
Sylacauga, AL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Alabama Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 449.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,170 of 3,771
- AL rank
- #43 of 63
- Safer than
- 16% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- down 41%
- Population
- 12,020
- Reporting agency
- Sylacauga Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Sylacauga Police Department (FBI ORI AL0610100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Sylacauga, AL
Also known as
- Cuillicoga
- Suellocauga
- Suillacouge
- Marble City
- Sillacogga
- Suyllecogga
- Cyllacogga
- Chalakagay
History
This settlement was once a Shawnee village known as Chalakagay. In the 1800s the area was found to have pure deposits marble and many quarries were soon opened. Some of the marble was used for the construction of the US Supreme Court building and the Lincoln Memorial. The word "sylcauga" is derived from the Muskogean language: "chalak" and "ge" meaning "resting place of the Chalaka Tribe" or "buzzard roost." (US-T873/p6)
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. Sylacauga (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Sylacauga 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 | 767.3(91) | 614.5(75) | 642.2(78) | 561.6(68) | 449.3(54) |
| Murder | 42.2(5) | 24.6(3) | 65.9(8) | 8.3(1) | 25.0(3) |
| Rape | 109.6(13) | 57.4(7) | 41.2(5) | 24.8(3) | 74.9(9) |
| Robbery | 84.3(10) | 8.2(1) | 41.2(5) | 33.0(4) | 33.3(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 531.2(63) | 524.4(64) | 494.0(60) | 495.5(60) | 316.1(38) |
| Property crime | 3963.2(470) | 2769.4(338) | 2865.4(348) | 3534.6(428) | 2470.9(297) |
| Burglary | 851.7(101) | 508.0(62) | 395.2(48) | 883.6(107) | 208.0(25) |
| Larceny | 2749.0(326) | 2032.0(248) | 2066.7(251) | 2469.2(299) | 1996.7(240) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 328.9(39) | 213.0(26) | 378.8(46) | 148.6(18) | 249.6(30) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Sylacauga, 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 Sylacauga 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 Sylacauga calculated?
- Sylacauga'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 Sylacauga 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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