Crime Grade · Alabama

Most Dangerous Cities in Alabama

63 reporting Alabama cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 262.6 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Fairfield	10,625	2108.2	F10/10
2	Bessemer	24,850	1702.2	F10/10
3	Birmingham	195,393	1233.9	F9/10
4	Dothan	71,787	813.5	D8/10
5	Alexander City	14,343	808.8	D8/10
6	Enterprise	31,224	749.4	C7/10
7	Anniston	21,030	727.5	C7/10
8	Selma	15,955	720.8	C7/10
9	Phenix City	38,435	705.1	C7/10
10	Montgomery	194,775	643.3	C7/10
11	Decatur	58,187	629.0	C7/10
12	Jacksonville	14,741	624.1	C7/10
13	Mobile	255,927	589.6	C6/10
14	Florence	43,266	543.2	C6/10
15	Troy	17,752	518.3	C6/10
16	Tuscaloosa	116,588	471.7	B5/10
17	Talladega	14,582	466.3	B5/10
18	Hueytown	16,039	461.4	B5/10
19	Eufaula	12,240	457.5	B5/10
20	Opelika	36,066	454.7	B5/10
21	Sylacauga	12,020	449.3	B5/10
22	Jasper	14,569	446.2	B5/10
23	Gadsden	32,894	395.2	B5/10
24	Huntsville	234,043	394.8	B5/10
25	Northport	31,564	383.3	B5/10
26	Ozark	14,377	382.6	B5/10
27	Prichard	18,657	353.8	B4/10
28	Valley	10,075	347.4	B4/10
29	Pell City	14,250	294.7	B4/10
30	Gulf Shores	17,993	289.0	B4/10
31	Scottsboro	16,054	274.1	B4/10
32	Calera	19,040	262.6	B4/10
33	Leeds	12,633	261.2	B4/10
34	Prattville	40,736	252.8	A3/10
35	Cullman	20,710	231.8	A3/10
36	Albertville	23,642	228.4	A3/10
37	Hartselle	16,361	220.0	A3/10
38	Muscle Shoals	17,678	215.0	A3/10
39	Irondale	13,563	206.4	A3/10
40	Foley	30,196	188.8	A3/10
41	Gardendale	16,457	188.4	A3/10
42	Russellville	10,704	186.8	A3/10
43	Oxford	22,088	185.6	A3/10
44	Fort Payne	15,054	172.7	A2/10
45	Homewood	28,051	160.4	A2/10
46	Pelham	25,692	155.7	A2/10
47	Madison	65,833	151.9	A2/10
48	Athens	34,571	150.4	A2/10
49	Trussville	27,302	150.2	A2/10
50	Moody	13,690	146.1	A2/10
51	Fairhope	26,953	141.0	A2/10
52	Millbrook	17,616	130.6	A2/10
53	Auburn	85,520	95.9	A1/10
54	Alabaster	34,730	95.0	A1/10
55	Boaz	10,565	94.7	A1/10
56	Rainbow City	10,384	77.0	A1/10
57	Helena	22,486	71.2	A1/10
58	Vestavia Hills	37,914	68.6	A1/10
59	Saraland	16,513	66.6	A1/10
60	Hoover	93,094	65.5	A1/10
61	Spanish Fort	11,372	61.6	A1/10
62	Daphne	31,568	57.0	A1/10
63	Mountain Brook	21,505	18.6	A1/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.