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
8/10
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.
That ranks Tuscaloosa #3,223 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 15% of them, and #48 of 63 in Alabama. Violent crime is down 16% year over year and down 7% over the last five years.
Tuscaloosa, AL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Alabama Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 471.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,223 of 3,771
- AL rank
- #48 of 63
- Safer than
- 15% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 16%
- 5-year change
- down 7%
- Population
- 116,588
- Reporting agency
- Tuscaloosa Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Tuscaloosa Police Department (FBI ORI AL0630100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Tuscaloosa, AL
Also known as
- Matildaville
- Tuskaloosa
- Shelleyville
- Black Warrior Town
- Louiseville
- Shellytown
- Shelltown
- Tuskalloosa
History
Reportedly the name Tuscaloosa is a compound Choctaw Indian word; "tusko" meaning "warrior" and "loosa" meaning "black". The Black Warrior River flows through the north portion of the city. In 1809 Creek chief Occechemolta established a settlement at the falls of the River. (US-T125/Alabama: A Guide to the Deep South/p 244). County seat of Tuscaloosa County 1818 to 1822 and 1826 to the present. State capital from 1826 to 1846.
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. 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
- What is the source of the Tuscaloosa, 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 Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa calculated?
- Tuscaloosa'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 Tuscaloosa 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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