Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Valley, AL Crime Grade
How Valley 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Alabama
6/10
vs. Alabama cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Valley, AL was 347.4 per 100,000 residents (35 incidents over a population of 10,075). That puts Valley 7% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 1% below the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
That ranks Valley #2,833 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 25% of them, and #36 of 63 in Alabama. Violent crime is down 9% year over year and down 25% over the last five years.
Valley, AL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Alabama Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 347.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,833 of 3,771
- AL rank
- #36 of 63
- Safer than
- 25% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 9%
- 5-year change
- down 25%
- Population
- 10,075
- Reporting agency
- Valley Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Valley Police Department (FBI ORI AL0120400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Valley, AL
Also known as
- Shawmut
- Fairfax
- River View
- Langdale
Location
5.6 km (3.5 mi) SE of Lanett; formed (incorp.) on May 20, 1980 by merging of the unincorp. communities of Shawmut, Langdale, Fairfax and River View.
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. Valley (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Valley 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 | 464.7(42) | 544.2(57) | 400.7(41) | 380.8(39) | 347.4(35) |
| Murder | 11.1(1) | 38.2(4) | 9.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 33.2(3) | 95.5(10) | 78.2(8) | 29.3(3) | 39.7(4) |
| Robbery | 11.1(1) | 66.8(7) | 29.3(3) | 58.6(6) | 59.6(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 409.4(37) | 343.7(36) | 283.5(29) | 292.9(30) | 248.1(25) |
| Property crime | 4027.4(364) | 3761.3(394) | 3958.6(405) | 3866.8(396) | 3454.1(348) |
| Burglary | 608.5(55) | 506.0(53) | 322.5(33) | 332.0(34) | 367.2(37) |
| Larceny | 2777.2(251) | 2911.7(305) | 3078.9(315) | 3300.5(338) | 2878.4(290) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 608.5(55) | 334.1(35) | 518.0(53) | 234.4(24) | 188.6(19) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Valley, 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 Valley 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 Valley calculated?
- Valley'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 Valley 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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