Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Tuscaloosa, AL Crime Grade
How Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa, AL was 471.7 per 100,000 residents (550 incidents over a population of 116,588). That puts Tuscaloosa Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 34% above the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Tuscaloosa (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Tuscaloosa 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 | 2018 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 505.1(514) | 645.7(654) | 564.3(643) | 563.1(641) | 471.7(550) |
| Murder | 4.9(5) | 12.8(13) | 11.4(13) | 18.4(21) | 12.9(15) |
| Rape | 46.2(47) | 26.7(27) | 26.3(30) | 20.2(23) | 20.6(24) |
| Robbery | 137.6(140) | 60.2(61) | 66.7(76) | 59.7(68) | 55.8(65) |
| Aggravated assault | 316.4(322) | 546.0(553) | 459.8(524) | 464.7(529) | 382.5(446) |
| Property crime | 4355.2(4,432) | 2917.7(2,955) | 2969.6(3,384) | 2752.3(3,133) | 2369.9(2,763) |
| Burglary | 739.9(753) | 355.5(360) | 308.9(352) | 320.6(365) | 248.7(290) |
| Larceny | 3289.0(3,347) | 2306.5(2,336) | 2362.3(2,692) | 2173.3(2,474) | 1942.7(2,265) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 309.5(315) | 251.8(255) | 293.1(334) | 253.9(289) | 175.8(205) |
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: Tuscaloosa'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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