Photo: Jet Lowe · Public domainCordova has more crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
Measured on crimes Cordova’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D. Each year brought 4.8 violent crimes and 35.0 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (4.7 and 21.3 in the rest of Alabama). It has more violent crime than 87% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 94%.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of AL” is every other Alabama city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What’s behind Cordova’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Crime in Cordova per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Cordova | Rest of Alabama | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Cordova’s police reported 24 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Cordova property | Rest of Alabama property | Cordova violent | Rest of Alabama violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34.3 | 24.8 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 2023 | 39.3 | 22.2 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 30.8 | 21.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 34.8 | 19.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Alabama.
65 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
7 violent and 58 property, as reported to the FBI by Cordova’s police.
No one died in a crash on Cordova’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Alabama towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (11.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Cordova’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cordova’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Cordova and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordova | D | 4.8 | 35.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Alabama towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordova | D | 4.8 | 35.0 |
| Newton | C+ | 1.6 | 14.7 |
| Ragland | C− | 4.1 | 17.8 |
| Butler | C− | 5.0 | 19.4 |
| Woodstock | D | 4.3 | 26.9 |
| Summerdale | D | 5.4 | 27.7 |
The five graded Alabama towns closest to Cordova’s population (1,679), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Cordova. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Cordova’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,669 in 2025); our figure for Cordova is 1,679 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Cordova
Is Cordova, AL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Cordova reports more crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade. Its police reported 4.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Cordova?
4.8 violent and 35.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Alabama reports 4.7 and 21.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Cordova?
Cordova’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cordova”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.