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Safest cities in Alabama? Lowest and highest property-crime candidates

Use this hub to compare validated Alabama city candidates by reported selected property-offense rate. It is a cautious city-page index, not a statewide safety ranking or personal-risk score.

Candidate-city rate 23.20 per 1,000 residents across listed cities; not a statewide risk score
Validated cities93Current candidate pages
Candidate population2,592,283Sum of listed city estimates
Selected offenses60,129FBI NIBRS offense records

Highest-rate city candidates

Use the city pages for source notes, trend handling, and offense mix. Small or ambiguous places remain outside automatic publication.

25,080 residents Bessemer 80.54 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 6,255 residents Semmes 51.64 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 14,559 residents Jasper 46.36 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 21,094 residents Anniston 44.70 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 10,288 residents Valley 43.25 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 6,993 residents Greenville 41.47 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

Lowest-rate city candidates

Searchers often ask for the safest cities in a state. This section answers that intent carefully by showing the lowest reported selected property-offense rates among validated city candidates only.

6,737 residents Margaret 1.19 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 9,625 residents Southside 3.64 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 23,318 residents Helena 4.67 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 9,260 residents Tuscumbia 4.75 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 5,977 residents Rainsville 4.85 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 5,673 residents Odenville 6.52 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

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Alabama city candidates

City Population Selected offenses Rate per 1,000 Trend
Bessemer 25,080 2,020 80.54 Roughly stable
Semmes 6,255 323 51.64 Increasing
Jasper 14,559 675 46.36 Increasing
Anniston 21,094 943 44.70 Decreasing
Valley 10,288 445 43.25 Increasing
Greenville 6,993 290 41.47 Roughly stable
Roanoke 5,425 225 41.47 Increasing
Brewton 5,139 212 41.25 Increasing
Birmingham 196,789 8,107 41.20 Roughly stable
Atmore 8,329 339 40.70 Mixed
Attalla 5,779 230 39.80 Increasing
Arab 8,975 330 36.77 Roughly stable
Lanett 6,814 247 36.25 Roughly stable
Andalusia 8,786 317 36.08 Increasing
Troy 17,743 639 36.01 Increasing
Millbrook 17,420 621 35.65 Increasing
Ozark 14,337 507 35.36 Increasing
Clanton 9,248 324 35.03 Increasing
Oneonta 7,034 246 34.97 Decreasing
Talladega 14,759 499 33.81 Increasing
Sylacauga 12,152 376 30.94 Mixed
Muscle Shoals 17,486 534 30.54 Increasing
Gadsden 33,284 1,002 30.10 Decreasing
Demopolis 6,727 194 28.84 Increasing
Opelika 35,029 1,000 28.55 Roughly stable
Dothan 71,840 2,032 28.29 Increasing
Eufaula 12,462 352 28.25 Decreasing
Tuscaloosa 114,211 3,129 27.40 Increasing
Robertsdale 7,598 208 27.38 Increasing
Leeds 12,652 343 27.11 Increasing
Oxford 22,106 592 26.78 Mixed
Hueytown 16,224 425 26.20 Increasing
Decatur 58,073 1,474 25.38 Mixed
Cullman 20,326 514 25.29 Decreasing
Selma 16,341 409 25.03 Increasing
Loxley 5,167 128 24.77 Roughly stable
Enterprise 30,793 749 24.32 Roughly stable
Huntsville 230,347 5,526 23.99 Increasing
Guntersville 9,304 219 23.54 Increasing
Lincoln 7,788 180 23.11 Decreasing
Fultondale 9,356 216 23.09 Mixed
Florence 42,651 959 22.48 Decreasing
Homewood 28,001 628 22.43 Increasing
Opp 6,760 150 22.19 Decreasing
Chickasaw 6,248 138 22.09 Increasing
Montgomery 195,872 4,310 22.00 Trend pending
Tuskegee 8,728 185 21.20 Increasing
Trussville 27,138 573 21.11 Mixed
Russellville 10,827 223 20.60 Increasing
Hartselle 16,232 333 20.52 Increasing
Mobile 201,612 4,070 20.19 Decreasing
Sheffield 9,394 188 20.01 Increasing
Orange Beach 8,597 168 19.54 Decreasing
Prichard 18,801 367 19.52 Roughly stable
Athens 32,627 637 19.52 Mixed
Scottsboro 16,004 311 19.43 Trend pending
Prattville 40,172 780 19.42 Mixed
Albertville 23,522 455 19.34 Increasing
Gulf Shores 17,347 334 19.25 Decreasing
Hamilton 6,976 131 18.78 Mixed
Jacksonville 14,632 251 17.15 Mixed
Saraland 16,543 283 17.11 Increasing
Gardendale 16,505 274 16.60 Decreasing
Bay Minette 8,562 139 16.23 Increasing
Fort Payne 15,098 237 15.70 Decreasing
Alabaster 34,463 525 15.23 Mixed
Irondale 13,598 200 14.71 Decreasing
Foley 28,147 412 14.64 Roughly stable
Headland 5,458 78 14.29 Decreasing
Madison 63,811 911 14.28 Increasing
Spanish Fort 11,085 157 14.16 Increasing
Calera 18,546 260 14.02 Increasing
Wetumpka 7,660 104 13.58 Decreasing
Hoover 93,071 1,193 12.82 Mixed
Montevallo 7,758 92 11.86 Decreasing
Fairhope 26,437 303 11.46 Mixed
Springville 5,406 58 10.73 Roughly stable
Auburn 83,813 883 10.54 Roughly stable
Mountain Brook 21,805 202 9.26 Decreasing
Moody 13,604 126 9.26 Mixed
Pleasant Grove 9,405 86 9.14 Mixed
Daphne 30,832 267 8.66 Roughly stable
Pelham 25,408 193 7.60 Decreasing
Satsuma 6,876 47 6.84 Roughly stable
Vestavia Hills 38,322 259 6.76 Decreasing
Northport 31,470 208 6.61 Decreasing
Monroeville 5,757 38 6.60 Decreasing
Odenville 5,673 37 6.52 Decreasing
Rainsville 5,977 29 4.85 Decreasing
Tuscumbia 9,260 44 4.75 Decreasing
Helena 23,318 109 4.67 Decreasing
Southside 9,625 35 3.64 Roughly stable
Margaret 6,737 8 1.19 Decreasing

Important context

These figures are based on reported selected property offenses and Census population context for validated city candidates. Agency reporting boundaries can differ from municipal boundaries, so the methodology page explains why ambiguous or tiny-denominator rows stay out of automatic publication.

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