Henry Stuart House · Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0Fairhope sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Overall, Fairhope grades B− for safety (#26 of 130 graded towns in Alabama): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 stands out about safety in Fairhope
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Alabama towns on Fairhope’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Daphne (B+). Point Clear is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among Alabama towns, higher
Alabama’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Fairhope’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 80% of the 130 Alabama towns we grade, against 51% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Fairhope’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Fairhope’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Fairhope’s police reported 110 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Fairhope | Rest of Alabama | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 12 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Fairhope property | Rest of Alabama property | Fairhope violent | Rest of Alabama violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.3 | 24.9 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 13.3 | 22.3 | 1.8 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 11.5 | 21.8 | 1.1 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 12.4 | 20.0 | 1.4 | 4.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
371 crimes reported in 2025
38 violent and 333 property, as reported to the FBI by Fairhope’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Two people died in crashes on Fairhope’s roads in 2019–2023
Fairhope had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
That is fewer than is typical for Alabama towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Fairhope’s size would see about 12 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fairhope’s own rate (1.7) 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.
Fairhope and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairhope | B− | 1.4 | 12.4 |
| Point Clear | — | — | — |
| Daphne | B+ | 0.5 | 9.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Point Clear is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Alabama towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairhope | B− | 1.4 | 12.4 |
| Pelham | B | 1.6 | 8.8 |
| Trussville | C+ | 1.3 | 17.6 |
| Homewood | C | 1.6 | 20.5 |
| Albertville | C | 2.5 | 16.4 |
| Bessemer | D− | 19.4 | 73.2 |
The five graded Alabama towns closest to Fairhope’s population (26,625), by grade.
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 Fairhope. 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 Fairhope’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,953 in 2025); our figure for Fairhope is 26,625 (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 Fairhope
Is Fairhope, AL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fairhope reports less crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #26 of 130 in Alabama. Its police reported 1.4 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 Fairhope?
1.4 violent and 12.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Alabama reports 4.7 and 21.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Fairhope?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Fairhope in 2025?
Fairhope’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Fairhope safer than Daphne?
Daphne reports less crime per resident than Fairhope: Daphne grades B+ for safety and Fairhope B−. Daphne’s police reported 0.5 violent and 9.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Fairhope?
Fairhope’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fairhope”. 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.